#C9D144#C9D144

#C9D144 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.159 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D144
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 68)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 67.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -20.04, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 68.72, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0612 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.159 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9327, 58.4369, 14.2222)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D144 #4C44D1

analogous

#D19344 #C9D144 #83D144

triadic

#C9D144 #44C9D1 #D144C9

tetradic

#C9D144 #44D193 #4C44D1 #D14483

square

#C9D144 #44D193 #4C44D1 #D14483

split-complementary

#C9D144 #4483D1 #9344D1

monochromatic

#777C1F #A6AD2B #C9D144 #D7DD75 #E5E9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C9D144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#C9D144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D144

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D144	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.159 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde80',
    500: '#c9d144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d144;
$custom-light: #ddde80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82915,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D144

secondary

#3A3584

accent

#44E44D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D144

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

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