#C9D04D#C9D04D

#C9D04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.152 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D04D
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 77)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 63%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -19.01, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 64.83, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0574 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.152 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9841, 58.0661, 15.6999)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D04D #544DD0

analogous

#D0954D #C9D04D #87D04D

triadic

#C9D04D #4DC9D0 #D04DC9

tetradic

#C9D04D #4DD095 #544DD0 #D04D87

square

#C9D04D #4DD095 #544DD0 #D04D87

split-complementary

#C9D04D #4D87D0 #954DD0

monochromatic

#7C8122 #AAB12F #C9D04D #D8DD7D #E6EAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C9D04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#C9D04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D04D

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D04D	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	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)

#DFC73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.152 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde85',
    500: '#c9d04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d04d;
$custom-light: #dcde85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 58.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82772,
    "c": 0.15199,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D04D

secondary

#3D3988

accent

#46E14F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D04D

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

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