#C9D960#C9D960

#C9D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.147 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D960
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -22.04, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 60.83, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.064 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.147 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0125, 62.8884, 20.5154)
Luminance	0.6289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D960 #7060D9

analogous

#D9AD60 #C9D960 #8DD960

triadic

#C9D960 #60C9D9 #D960C9

tetradic

#C9D960 #60D9AD #7060D9 #D9608D

square

#C9D960 #60D9AD #7060D9 #D9608D

split-complementary

#C9D960 #608DD9 #AD60D9

monochromatic

#8A9A25 #B7CB31 #C9D960 #DAE591 #EBF1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C9D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#C9D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D960

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D960	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.147 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce491',
    500: '#c9d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d960;
$custom-light: #dce491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.934,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84913,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D960

secondary

#4C3F9E

accent

#1CC933

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D960

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

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