#C9D44E#C9D44E

#C9D44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.156 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D44E
RGB	rgb(201, 212, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 63.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -20.91, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 66.12, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0626 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.156 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0073, 60.0555, 16.2165)
Luminance	0.6006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D44E #594ED4

analogous

#D49C4E #C9D44E #86D44E

triadic

#C9D44E #4EC9D4 #D44EC9

tetradic

#C9D44E #4ED49C #594ED4 #D44E86

square

#C9D44E #4ED49C #594ED4 #D44E86

split-complementary

#C9D44E #4E86D4 #9C4ED4

monochromatic

#7E8721 #ADB82D #C9D44E #D8E07F #E7ECB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C9D44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#C9D44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D44E

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D44E	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.156 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce186',
    500: '#c9d44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d44e;
$custom-light: #dce186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.925,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83649,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D44E

secondary

#40398D

accent

#44E451

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D44E

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

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