#C9D951#C9D951

#C9D951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.159 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D951
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -23.14, 62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 67.09, 110.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0686 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.159 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3866, 62.6380, 17.2190)
Luminance	0.6264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D951 #6151D9

analogous

#D9A551 #C9D951 #85D951

triadic

#C9D951 #51C9D9 #D951C9

tetradic

#C9D951 #51D9A5 #6151D9 #D95185

square

#C9D951 #51D9A5 #6151D9 #D95185

split-complementary

#C9D951 #5185D9 #A551D9

monochromatic

#83901F #B0C22A #C9D951 #D9E483 #E8EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C9D951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#C9D951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D951

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D951	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.159 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce488',
    500: '#c9d951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d951;
$custom-light: #dce488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84765,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D951

secondary

#443995

accent

#41E754

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D951

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

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