#C9D552#C9D552

#C9D552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.154 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D552
RGB	rgb(201, 213, 82)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 61.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -21.13, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 64.94, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0629 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.154 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4058, 60.6161, 17.0784)
Luminance	0.6061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D552 #5E52D5

analogous

#D59F52 #C9D552 #88D552

triadic

#C9D552 #52C9D5 #D552C9

tetradic

#C9D552 #52D59F #5E52D5 #D55288

square

#C9D552 #52D59F #5E52D5 #D55288

split-complementary

#C9D552 #5288D5 #9F52D5

monochromatic

#818B22 #AFBC2E #C9D552 #D8E183 #E8EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C9D552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#C9D552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D552

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D552	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.154 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce188',
    500: '#c9d552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d552;
$custom-light: #dce188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.496,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83902,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D552

secondary

#423A91

accent

#44E452

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D552

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

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