#C9D64E#C9D64E

#C9D64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.158 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D64E
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 63.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -21.88, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 66.97, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0654 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.158 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5103, 61.0616, 16.3842)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D64E #5B4ED6

analogous

#D69F4E #C9D64E #85D64E

triadic

#C9D64E #4EC9D6 #D64EC9

tetradic

#C9D64E #4ED69F #5B4ED6 #D64E85

square

#C9D64E #4ED69F #5B4ED6 #D64E85

split-complementary

#C9D64E #4E85D6 #9F4ED6

monochromatic

#808A20 #AEBB2B #C9D64E #D8E280 #E7EDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#C9D64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D64E

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D64E	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)

#E5CC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.158 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce286',
    500: '#c9d64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d64e;
$custom-light: #dce286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.735,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84084,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D64E

secondary

#413890

accent

#42E552

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D64E

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

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