#C9D150#C9D150

#C9D150 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.151 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D150
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 80)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 61.7%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -19.30, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 64.03, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0579 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.151 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3371, 58.5986, 16.3522)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D150 #5850D1

analogous

#D19950 #C9D150 #89D150

triadic

#C9D150 #50C9D1 #D150C9

tetradic

#C9D150 #50D199 #5850D1 #D15089

square

#C9D150 #50D199 #5850D1 #D15089

split-complementary

#C9D150 #5089D1 #9950D1

monochromatic

#7E8423 #ACB42F #C9D150 #D8DE80 #E7EAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#C9D150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D150

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D150	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.151 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde87',
    500: '#c9d150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d150;
$custom-light: #dcde87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.721,
    "s": 58.371,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83016,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D150

secondary

#3F3A8B

accent

#46E250

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D150

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

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