#C9D74B#C9D74B

#C9D74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.161 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D74B
RGBrgb(201, 215, 75)
HSLhsl(66, 64%, 57%)
HSVhsv(66, 65%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(6.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(82.66, -22.56, 64.75)
CIE-LCHlch(82.66, 68.57, 109.21°)
OKLaboklab(84.28% -0.0676 0.1463)
OKLCHoklch(84.28% 0.161 114.8)
XYZxyz(49.6591, 61.5272, 15.9152)
Luminance0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D74B #594BD7
analogous
#D79F4B #C9D74B #83D74B
triadic
#C9D74B #4BC9D7 #D74BC9
tetradic
#C9D74B #4BD79F #594BD7 #D74B83
square
#C9D74B #4BD79F #594BD7 #D74B83
split-complementary
#C9D74B #4B83D7 #9F4BD7
monochromatic
#7E891E #ADBB2A #C9D74B #D8E27D #E7EDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58
#C9D74B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31
#C9D74B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D74B
13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D74B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D74B1.001.5813.3113.31
#FFFFFF1.581.0021.0021.00
#00000013.3121.001.001.00
##00000013.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CD38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5CF55
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5CBBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 215, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.161 114.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce384',
    500: '#c9d74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d74b;
$custom-light: #dce384;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84277,
    "c": 0.16114,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D74B
secondary
#40378F
accent
#41E752
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9D74B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva