#C9D745#C9D745

#C9D745 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.165 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D745
RGB	rgb(201, 215, 69)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 67.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -22.91, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 70.81, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0691 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.165 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4633, 61.4489, 14.8842)
Luminance	0.6145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D745 #5345D7

analogous

#D79C45 #C9D745 #80D745

triadic

#C9D745 #45C9D7 #D745C9

tetradic

#C9D745 #45D79C #5345D7 #D74580

square

#C9D745 #45D79C #5345D7 #D74580

split-complementary

#C9D745 #4580D7 #9C45D7

monochromatic

#7B851D #AAB727 #C9D745 #D8E277 #E6EDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C9D745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#C9D745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D745

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D745	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 215, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.165 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde381',
    500: '#c9d745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d745;
$custom-light: #dde381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8423,
    "c": 0.16527,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D745

secondary

#3D358C

accent

#40E850

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D745

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

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