#C9D954#C9D954

#C9D954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.157 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D954
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 84)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 61.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -22.94, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 65.88, 110.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0677 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.157 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5016, 62.6840, 17.8246)
Luminance	0.6268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D954 #6454D9

analogous

#D9A754 #C9D954 #87D954

triadic

#C9D954 #54C9D9 #D954C9

tetradic

#C9D954 #54D9A7 #6454D9 #D95487

square

#C9D954 #54D9A7 #6454D9 #D95487

split-complementary

#C9D954 #5487D9 #A754D9

monochromatic

#849220 #B2C42C #C9D954 #D9E486 #E9EFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C9D954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#C9D954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D954

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D954	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.157 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce48a',
    500: '#c9d954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d954;
$custom-light: #dce48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.218,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84792,
    "c": 0.15664,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D954

secondary

#453A97

accent

#41E755

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D954

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

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