#C9D980#C9D980

#C9D980 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.115 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D980
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 128)
HSL	hsl(71, 54%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(71, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 41%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -18.98, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 46.07, 114.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0525 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.115 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7968, 63.6021, 29.9130)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D980 #9080D9

analogous

#D9BD80 #C9D980 #9CD980

triadic

#C9D980 #80C9D9 #D980C9

tetradic

#C9D980 #80D9BD #9080D9 #D9809C

square

#C9D980 #80D9BD #9080D9 #D9809C

split-complementary

#C9D980 #809CD9 #BD80D9

monochromatic

#96AB33 #B5CB51 #C9D980 #DDE7AF #F1F5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9D980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#C9D980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D980

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D980	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.115 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae4a6',
    500: '#c9d980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d980;
$custom-light: #dae4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.787,
    "s": 53.939,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85334,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D980

secondary

#604FAE

accent

#24C140

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D980

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

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