#C9DE50#C9DE50

#C9DE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.165 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DE50
RGB	rgb(201, 222, 80)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -25.61, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 69.68, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0756 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.165 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6577, 65.2398, 17.4591)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DE50 #6550DE

analogous

#DEAC50 #C9DE50 #82DE50

triadic

#C9DE50 #50C9DE #DE50C9

tetradic

#C9DE50 #50DEAC #6550DE #DE5082

square

#C9DE50 #50DEAC #6550DE #DE5082

split-complementary

#C9DE50 #5082DE #AC50DE

monochromatic

#85971C #B2CB26 #C9DE50 #D9E883 #E9F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C9DE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#C9DE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DE50

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DE50	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9de50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 222, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.165 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce888',
    500: '#c9de50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9de50;
$custom-light: #dce888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9de50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.873,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8585,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DE50

secondary

#46379B

accent

#3DEB56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DE50

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

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