#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
RGB	rgb(201, 215, 75)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -22.56, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 68.57, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0676 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.161 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6591, 61.5272, 15.9152)
Luminance	0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9D74B	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9D74B

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

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