#C9D260#C9D260

#C9D260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.138 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D260
RGB	rgb(201, 210, 96)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 54.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -18.61, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 57.62, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0543 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.138 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2463, 59.3561, 19.9267)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D260 #6960D2

analogous

#D2A260 #C9D260 #90D260

triadic

#C9D260 #60C9D2 #D260C9

tetradic

#C9D260 #60D2A2 #6960D2 #D26090

square

#C9D260 #60D2A2 #6960D2 #D26090

split-complementary

#C9D260 #6090D2 #A260D2

monochromatic

#878F29 #B4BF36 #C9D260 #D9DF90 #E9EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C9D260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#C9D260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D260

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D260	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 210, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.138 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdf91',
    500: '#c9d260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d260;
$custom-light: #dcdf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83395,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D260

secondary

#484195

accent

#49DF55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D260

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

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