#C9D14F#C9D14F

#C9D14F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.152 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D14F
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 79)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 62.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -19.37, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 64.44, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0582 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.152 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3004, 58.5840, 16.1591)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D14F #574FD1

analogous

#D1984F #C9D14F #88D14F

triadic

#C9D14F #4FC9D1 #D14FC9

tetradic

#C9D14F #4FD198 #574FD1 #D14F88

square

#C9D14F #4FD198 #574FD1 #D14F88

split-complementary

#C9D14F #4F88D1 #984FD1

monochromatic

#7D8322 #ACB42F #C9D14F #D8DE80 #E7EAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#C9D14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D14F

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D14F	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.152 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcde86',
    500: '#c9d14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d14f;
$custom-light: #dcde86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.692,
    "s": 58.559,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83006,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D14F

secondary

#3F3A8A

accent

#46E250

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D14F

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

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