#C9D75E#C9D75E

#C9D75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.146 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D75E
RGB	rgb(201, 215, 94)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 56.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -21.23, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 60.78, 110.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0619 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.146 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4092, 61.8273, 19.8658)
Luminance	0.6183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D75E #6C5ED7

analogous

#D7A85E #C9D75E #8CD75E

triadic

#C9D75E #5EC9D7 #D75EC9

tetradic

#C9D75E #5ED7A8 #6C5ED7 #D75E8C

square

#C9D75E #5ED7A8 #6C5ED7 #D75E8C

split-complementary

#C9D75E #5E8CD7 #A85ED7

monochromatic

#889525 #B5C631 #C9D75E #D9E38F #EAEFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9D75E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#C9D75E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D75E

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D75E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D75E	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d75e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 215, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.146 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce390',
    500: '#c9d75e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d75e;
$custom-light: #dce390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d75e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.942,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84457,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D75E

secondary

#493F9A

accent

#1EC831

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D75E

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

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