#C9DF53#C9DF53

#C9DF53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.164 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DF53
RGB	rgb(201, 223, 83)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 62.8%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -25.89, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 68.96, 112.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0761 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.164 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0374, 65.8179, 18.1447)
Luminance	0.6582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DF53 #6953DF

analogous

#DFAF53 #C9DF53 #83DF53

triadic

#C9DF53 #53C9DF #DF53C9

tetradic

#C9DF53 #53DFAF #6953DF #DF5383

square

#C9DF53 #53DFAF #6953DF #DF5383

split-complementary

#C9DF53 #5383DF #AF53DF

monochromatic

#879B1D #B4CE26 #C9DF53 #D9E987 #E9F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C9DF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#C9DF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DF53

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DF53	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9df53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 223, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.164 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce98a',
    500: '#c9df53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9df53;
$custom-light: #dce98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9df53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.429,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86095,
    "c": 0.16434,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DF53

secondary

#48389F

accent

#3CEB58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DF53

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

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