#C9D64D#C9D64D

#C9D64D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.159 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D64D
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 77)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 64%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -21.95, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 67.37, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0657 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.159 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4747, 61.0473, 16.1968)
Luminance	0.6105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D64D #5A4DD6

analogous

#D69E4D #C9D64D #85D64D

triadic

#C9D64D #4DC9D6 #D64DC9

tetradic

#C9D64D #4DD69E #5A4DD6 #D64D85

square

#C9D64D #4DD69E #5A4DD6 #D64D85

split-complementary

#C9D64D #4D85D6 #9E4DD6

monochromatic

#7F8920 #ADBB2B #C9D64D #D8E17F #E7EDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#C9D64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D64D

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D64D	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)

#E5CC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.159 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce285',
    500: '#c9d64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d64d;
$custom-light: #dce285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84076,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D64D

secondary

#40388F

accent

#42E652

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D64D

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

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