#C9D04B#C9D04B

#C9D04B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.153 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D04B
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 75)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 63.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -19.13, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 65.62, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.058 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.153 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9146, 58.0383, 15.3337)
Luminance	0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D04B #524BD0

analogous

#D0944B #C9D04B #86D04B

triadic

#C9D04B #4BC9D0 #D04BC9

tetradic

#C9D04B #4BD094 #524BD0 #D04B86

square

#C9D04B #4BD094 #524BD0 #D04B86

split-complementary

#C9D04B #4B86D0 #944BD0

monochromatic

#7A7F21 #A9B02E #C9D04B #D8DD7C #E6E9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9D04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#C9D04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D04B

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D04B	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.153 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde84',
    500: '#c9d04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d04b;
$custom-light: #dcde84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82755,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D04B

secondary

#3D3887

accent

#46E24E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D04B

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

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