#C9D556#C9D556

#C9D556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.150 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D556
RGB	rgb(201, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -20.85, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 63.29, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0617 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.15 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5625, 60.6787, 17.9036)
Luminance	0.6068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D556 #6256D5

analogous

#D5A156 #C9D556 #89D556

triadic

#C9D556 #56C9D5 #D556C9

tetradic

#C9D556 #56D5A1 #6256D5 #D55689

square

#C9D556 #56D5A1 #6256D5 #D55689

split-complementary

#C9D556 #5689D5 #A156D5

monochromatic

#838D23 #B1BE2F #C9D556 #D9E187 #E8EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C9D556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#C9D556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D556

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D556	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.150 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce18b',
    500: '#c9d556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d556;
$custom-light: #dce18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.669,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8394,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D556

secondary

#443C93

accent

#44E353

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D556

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

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