#C9D350#C9D350

#C9D350 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.153 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D350
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 80)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 62.1%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -20.29, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 64.89, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0607 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.153 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8309, 59.5862, 16.5168)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D350 #5A50D3

analogous

#D39C50 #C9D350 #88D350

triadic

#C9D350 #50C9D3 #D350C9

tetradic

#C9D350 #50D39C #5A50D3 #D35088

square

#C9D350 #50D39C #5A50D3 #D35088

split-complementary

#C9D350 #5088D3 #9C50D3

monochromatic

#7F8722 #ADB82E #C9D350 #D8DF81 #E7ECB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C9D350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#C9D350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D350

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D350	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.153 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce087',
    500: '#c9d350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d350;
$custom-light: #dce087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83449,
    "c": 0.15299,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D350

secondary

#403A8D

accent

#45E351

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D350

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

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