#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
RGBrgb(201, 215, 69)
HSLhsl(66, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(66, 68%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(6.5%, 0%, 67.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(82.62, -22.91, 67.01)
CIE-LCHlch(82.62, 70.81, 108.87°)
OKLaboklab(84.23% -0.0691 0.1501)
OKLCHoklch(84.23% 0.165 114.7)
XYZxyz(49.4633, 61.4489, 14.8842)
Luminance0.6145 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C9D7451.001.5813.2913.29
#FFFFFF1.581.0021.0021.00
#00000013.2921.001.001.00
##00000013.2921.001.001.00

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

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#C9D745 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva