#C9D950#C9D950

#C9D950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.160 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D950
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -23.21, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 67.48, 110.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0689 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.16 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3494, 62.6231, 17.0230)
Luminance	0.6262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D950 #6050D9

analogous

#D9A450 #C9D950 #84D950

triadic

#C9D950 #50C9D9 #D950C9

tetradic

#C9D950 #50D9A4 #6050D9 #D95084

square

#C9D950 #50D9A4 #6050D9 #D95084

split-complementary

#C9D950 #5084D9 #A450D9

monochromatic

#828F1F #B0C22A #C9D950 #D9E482 #E8EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C9D950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#C9D950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D950

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D950	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.160 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce487',
    500: '#c9d950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d950;
$custom-light: #dce487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84756,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D950

secondary

#433895

accent

#40E754

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D950

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

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