#C9D658#C9D658

#C9D658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.150 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D658
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 88)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 58.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -21.20, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 62.89, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0624 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.15 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8965, 61.2160, 18.4180)
Luminance	0.6121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D658 #6558D6

analogous

#D6A458 #C9D658 #8AD658

triadic

#C9D658 #58C9D6 #D658C9

tetradic

#C9D658 #58D6A4 #6558D6 #D6588A

square

#C9D658 #58D6A4 #6558D6 #D6588A

split-complementary

#C9D658 #588AD6 #A458D6

monochromatic

#859023 #B2C12F #C9D658 #D9E289 #E9EEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#C9D658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D658

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D658	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)

#E4CC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.150 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce28c',
    500: '#c9d658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d658;
$custom-light: #dce28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.19,
    "s": 60.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84177,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D658

secondary

#463D96

accent

#44E455

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D658

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →