#C9D050#C9D050

#C9D050 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.150 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D050
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 80)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -18.81, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 63.61, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0566 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.15 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0925, 58.1095, 16.2707)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D050 #5750D0

analogous

#D09750 #C9D050 #89D050

triadic

#C9D050 #50C9D0 #D050C9

tetradic

#C9D050 #50D097 #5750D0 #D05089

square

#C9D050 #50D097 #5750D0 #D05089

split-complementary

#C9D050 #5089D0 #9750D0

monochromatic

#7D8323 #ACB330 #C9D050 #D8DD80 #E7EAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C9D050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#C9D050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D050

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D050	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.150 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde87',
    500: '#c9d050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d050;
$custom-light: #dcde87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.281,
    "s": 57.658,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82799,
    "c": 0.14969,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D050

secondary

#3F3B8A

accent

#47E14F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D050

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

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