#C9D657#C9D657

#C9D657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.151 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D657
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -21.27, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 63.31, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0628 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.151 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8554, 61.1996, 18.2013)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D657 #6457D6

analogous

#D6A457 #C9D657 #8AD657

triadic

#C9D657 #57C9D6 #D657C9

tetradic

#C9D657 #57D6A4 #6457D6 #D6578A

square

#C9D657 #57D6A4 #6457D6 #D6578A

split-complementary

#C9D657 #578AD6 #A457D6

monochromatic

#849023 #B2C12F #C9D657 #D9E288 #E9EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#C9D657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D657

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D657	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)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.151 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce28b',
    500: '#c9d657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d657;
$custom-light: #dce28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.142,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84167,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D657

secondary

#453C95

accent

#44E454

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D657

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

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