#C9D152#C9D152

#C9D152 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.149 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D152
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 82)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -19.17, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 63.21, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0574 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.149 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4121, 58.6286, 16.7472)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D152 #5A52D1

analogous

#D19A52 #C9D152 #89D152

triadic

#C9D152 #52C9D1 #D152C9

tetradic

#C9D152 #52D19A #5A52D1 #D15289

square

#C9D152 #52D19A #5A52D1 #D15289

split-complementary

#C9D152 #5289D1 #9A52D1

monochromatic

#7F8523 #ADB630 #C9D152 #D8DE82 #E7EBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#C9D152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D152

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D152	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.149 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde88',
    500: '#c9d152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d152;
$custom-light: #dcde88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.78,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83034,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D152

secondary

#403B8C

accent

#47E150

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D152

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

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