#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
RGBrgb(201, 213, 86)
HSLhsl(66, 60%, 59%)
HSVhsv(66, 60%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 0%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(82.21, -20.85, 59.75)
CIE-LCHlch(82.21, 63.29, 109.24°)
OKLaboklab(83.94% -0.0617 0.1372)
OKLCHoklch(83.94% 0.15 114.2)
XYZxyz(49.5625, 60.6787, 17.9036)
Luminance0.6068 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##C9D5561.001.6013.1413.14
#FFFFFF1.601.0021.0021.00
#00000013.1421.001.001.00
##00000013.1421.001.001.00

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

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#C9D556 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva