#C9D74A#C9D74A

#C9D74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.162 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D74A
RGB	rgb(201, 215, 74)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 65.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -22.62, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 68.95, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0678 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.162 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6251, 61.5136, 15.7364)
Luminance	0.6151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D74A #584AD7

analogous

#D79E4A #C9D74A #83D74A

triadic

#C9D74A #4AC9D7 #D74AC9

tetradic

#C9D74A #4AD79E #584AD7 #D74A83

square

#C9D74A #4AD79E #584AD7 #D74A83

split-complementary

#C9D74A #4A83D7 #9E4AD7

monochromatic

#7E881E #ACBB29 #C9D74A #D8E27C #E7EDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#C9D74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#C9D74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D74A

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D74A	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 215, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.162 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde384',
    500: '#c9d74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d74a;
$custom-light: #dde384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.957,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84269,
    "c": 0.16185,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D74A

secondary

#3F378F

accent

#41E751

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D74A

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

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