#C9D64B#C9D64B

#C9D64B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.160 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D64B
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 75)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 65%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -22.07, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 68.14, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0662 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.16 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4052, 61.0195, 15.8306)
Luminance	0.6102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D64B #584BD6

analogous

#D69E4B #C9D64B #83D64B

triadic

#C9D64B #4BC9D6 #D64BC9

tetradic

#C9D64B #4BD69E #584BD6 #D64B83

square

#C9D64B #4BD69E #584BD6 #D64B83

split-complementary

#C9D64B #4B83D6 #9E4BD6

monochromatic

#7E881F #ACBA2A #C9D64B #D8E17D #E7EDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#C9D64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D64B

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D64B	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.160 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce284',
    500: '#c9d64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d64b;
$custom-light: #dce284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.612,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84059,
    "c": 0.16004,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D64B

secondary

#3F378E

accent

#42E651

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D64B

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

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