#C9D153#C9D153

#C9D153 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.148 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D153
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 83)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 60.3%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -19.10, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 62.80, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0571 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.148 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4504, 58.6440, 16.9491)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D153 #5B53D1

analogous

#D19A53 #C9D153 #8AD153

triadic

#C9D153 #53C9D1 #D153C9

tetradic

#C9D153 #53D19A #5B53D1 #D1538A

square

#C9D153 #53D19A #5B53D1 #D1538A

split-complementary

#C9D153 #538AD1 #9A53D1

monochromatic

#808624 #AEB631 #C9D153 #D8DE83 #E7EBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#C9D153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D153

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D153	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)

#E0C844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.148 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde88',
    500: '#c9d153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d153;
$custom-light: #dcde88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.81,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83044,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D153

secondary

#413C8D

accent

#47E151

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D153

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

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