#C9D151#C9D151

#C9D151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.150 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D151
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 61.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -19.24, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 63.62, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0576 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.15 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3743, 58.6135, 16.5483)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D151 #5951D1

analogous

#D19951 #C9D151 #89D151

triadic

#C9D151 #51C9D1 #D151C9

tetradic

#C9D151 #51D199 #5951D1 #D15189

square

#C9D151 #51D199 #5951D1 #D15189

split-complementary

#C9D151 #5189D1 #9951D1

monochromatic

#7E8523 #ADB530 #C9D151 #D8DE81 #E7EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#C9D151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D151

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D151	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)

#E0C841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.150 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde87',
    500: '#c9d151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d151;
$custom-light: #dcde87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83025,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D151

secondary

#403B8B

accent

#46E150

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D151

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

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