#C9D656#C9D656

#C9D656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.152 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D656
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -21.34, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 63.73, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0631 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.152 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8148, 61.1833, 17.9877)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D656 #6356D6

analogous

#D6A356 #C9D656 #89D656

triadic

#C9D656 #56C9D6 #D656C9

tetradic

#C9D656 #56D6A3 #6356D6 #D65689

square

#C9D656 #56D6A3 #6356D6 #D65689

split-complementary

#C9D656 #5689D6 #A356D6

monochromatic

#848F23 #B1C02F #C9D656 #D9E287 #E8EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#C9D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D656

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D656	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.152 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce28b',
    500: '#c9d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d656;
$custom-light: #dce28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.094,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84157,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D656

secondary

#453C95

accent

#44E454

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D656

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

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