#C9D751#C9D751

#C9D751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.157 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D751
RGB	rgb(201, 215, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -22.17, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 66.21, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0659 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.157 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8742, 61.6133, 17.0482)
Luminance	0.6161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D751 #5F51D7

analogous

#D7A251 #C9D751 #86D751

triadic

#C9D751 #51C9D7 #D751C9

tetradic

#C9D751 #51D7A2 #5F51D7 #D75186

square

#C9D751 #51D7A2 #5F51D7 #D75186

split-complementary

#C9D751 #5186D7 #A251D7

monochromatic

#828D20 #B0BF2C #C9D751 #D8E283 #E8EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C9D751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#C9D751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D751

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D751	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 215, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.157 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce388',
    500: '#c9d751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d751;
$custom-light: #dce388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.269,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84328,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D751

secondary

#433993

accent

#42E653

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D751

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

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