#C9D14A#C9D14A

#C9D14A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.155 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D14A
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 74)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 64.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -19.69, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 66.43, 107.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0596 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.155 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1252, 58.5139, 15.2364)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D14A #524AD1

analogous

#D1964A #C9D14A #85D14A

triadic

#C9D14A #4AC9D1 #D14AC9

tetradic

#C9D14A #4AD196 #524AD1 #D14A85

square

#C9D14A #4AD196 #524AD1 #D14A85

split-complementary

#C9D14A #4A85D1 #964AD1

monochromatic

#7A8021 #A9B12D #C9D14A #D8DD7B #E6EAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#C9D14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D14A

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D14A	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.155 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde83',
    500: '#c9d14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d14a;
$custom-light: #dcde83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82963,
    "c": 0.15529,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D14A

secondary

#3D3887

accent

#45E34E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D14A

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

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