#C9D44A#C9D44A

#C9D44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.159 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D44A
RGB	rgb(201, 212, 74)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 65.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -21.16, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 67.68, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0637 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.159 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8682, 59.9998, 15.4841)
Luminance	0.6000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D44A #554AD4

analogous

#D49A4A #C9D44A #84D44A

triadic

#C9D44A #4AC9D4 #D44AC9

tetradic

#C9D44A #4AD49A #554AD4 #D44A84

square

#C9D44A #4AD49A #554AD4 #D44A84

split-complementary

#C9D44A #4A84D4 #9A4AD4

monochromatic

#7C841F #ABB62B #C9D44A #D8E07B #E7EBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C9D44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#C9D44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D44A

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D44A	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.159 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce183',
    500: '#c9d44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d44a;
$custom-light: #dce183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.783,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83615,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D44A

secondary

#3E378B

accent

#43E550

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D44A

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

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