#C9DF38#C9DF38

#C9DF38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.182 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DF38
RGB	rgb(201, 223, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -27.38, 73.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 78.43, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0826 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.182 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1902, 65.4790, 13.6826)
Luminance	0.6548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DF38 #4E38DF

analogous

#DFA138 #C9DF38 #76DF38

triadic

#C9DF38 #38C9DF #DF38C9

tetradic

#C9DF38 #38DFA1 #4E38DF #DF3876

square

#C9DF38 #38DFA1 #4E38DF #DF3876

split-complementary

#C9DF38 #3876DF #A138DF

monochromatic

#788716 #A7BC1E #C9DF38 #D7E76D #E6F0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C9DF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#C9DF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DF38

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DF38	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED30C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9df38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 223, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.182 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde87b',
    500: '#c9df38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9df38;
$custom-light: #dde87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9df38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.904,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.859,
    "c": 0.18157,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DF38

secondary

#3B2E8D

accent

#39EF51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DF38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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