#C9D577#C9D577

#C9D577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.119 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D577
RGBrgb(201, 213, 119)
HSLhsl(68, 53%, 65%)
HSVhsv(68, 44%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 0%, 44.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(82.56, -17.97, 44.92)
CIE-LCHlch(82.56, 48.38, 111.80°)
OKLaboklab(84.34% -0.0504 0.1081)
OKLCHoklch(84.34% 0.119 115)
XYZxyz(51.2120, 61.3385, 26.5909)
Luminance0.6134 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D577 #8377D5
analogous
#D5B277 #C9D577 #9AD577
triadic
#C9D577 #77C9D5 #D577C9
tetradic
#C9D577 #77D5B2 #8377D5 #D5779A
square
#C9D577 #77D5B2 #8377D5 #D5779A
split-complementary
#C9D577 #779AD5 #B277D5
monochromatic
#92A031 #B6C748 #C9D577 #DCE3A6 #EEF2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58
#C9D577 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27
#C9D577 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D577
13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D577#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D5771.001.5813.2713.27
#FFFFFF1.581.0021.0021.00
#00000013.2721.001.001.00
##00000013.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CD6F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CE7C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3CCBF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.119 115.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe1a0',
    500: '#c9d577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d577;
$custom-light: #dbe1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84338,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.61338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D577
secondary
#574CA4
accent
#25C039
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFCF5
border
#D5D5CF
text
#15150F
muted
#848480

Preview Lab

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#C9D577 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva