#C9D64C#C9D64C

#C9D64C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.159 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D64C
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 76)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 64.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -22.01, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 67.76, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0659 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.159 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4397, 61.0333, 16.0123)
Luminance	0.6103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D64C #594CD6

analogous

#D69E4C #C9D64C #84D64C

triadic

#C9D64C #4CC9D6 #D64CC9

tetradic

#C9D64C #4CD69E #594CD6 #D64C84

square

#C9D64C #4CD69E #594CD6 #D64C84

split-complementary

#C9D64C #4C84D6 #9E4CD6

monochromatic

#7E881F #ADBA2B #C9D64C #D8E17E #E7EDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D64C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#C9D64C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D64C

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D64C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D64C	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d64c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.159 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce285',
    500: '#c9d64c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d64c;
$custom-light: #dce285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d64c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.652,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84067,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D64C

secondary

#40388F

accent

#42E651

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D64C

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

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