#C9D651#C9D651

#C9D651 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	#C9D651
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -21.69, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 65.78, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0645 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.156 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6203, 61.1056, 16.9636)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D651 #5E51D6

analogous

#D6A151 #C9D651 #86D651

triadic

#C9D651 #51C9D6 #D651C9

tetradic

#C9D651 #51D6A1 #5E51D6 #D65186

square

#C9D651 #51D6A1 #5E51D6 #D65186

split-complementary

#C9D651 #5186D6 #A151D6

monochromatic

#818C21 #AFBD2D #C9D651 #D8E283 #E8EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#C9D651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D651

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D651	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)

#E5CC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.156 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce288',
    500: '#c9d651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d651;
$custom-light: #dce288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.865,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84111,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D651

secondary

#423A92

accent

#43E553

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D651

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

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