#C9D650#C9D650

#C9D650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.156 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D650
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 80)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 62.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -21.75, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 66.18, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0648 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.156 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5831, 61.0907, 16.7676)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D650 #5D50D6

analogous

#D6A050 #C9D650 #86D650

triadic

#C9D650 #50C9D6 #D650C9

tetradic

#C9D650 #50D6A0 #5D50D6 #D65086

square

#C9D650 #50D6A0 #5D50D6 #D65086

split-complementary

#C9D650 #5086D6 #A050D6

monochromatic

#818B21 #AFBD2C #C9D650 #D8E282 #E8EDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#C9D650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D650

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D650	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.156 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce287',
    500: '#c9d650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d650;
$custom-light: #dce287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.821,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84102,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D650

secondary

#423991

accent

#43E552

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D650

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

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