#C9D74D#C9D74D

#C9D74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.160 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D74D
RGBrgb(201, 215, 77)
HSLhsl(66, 63%, 57%)
HSVhsv(66, 64%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(6.5%, 0%, 64.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(82.68, -22.43, 63.98)
CIE-LCHlch(82.68, 67.80, 109.32°)
OKLaboklab(84.29% -0.067 0.145)
OKLCHoklch(84.29% 0.16 114.8)
XYZxyz(49.7286, 61.5550, 16.2814)
Luminance0.6155 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D74D #5B4DD7
analogous
#D7A04D #C9D74D #84D74D
triadic
#C9D74D #4DC9D7 #D74DC9
tetradic
#C9D74D #4DD7A0 #5B4DD7 #D74D84
square
#C9D74D #4DD7A0 #5B4DD7 #D74D84
split-complementary
#C9D74D #4D84D7 #A04DD7
monochromatic
#808A1F #AEBC2A #C9D74D #D8E27F #E7EDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58
#C9D74D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31
#C9D74D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D74D
13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D74D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D74D1.001.5813.3113.31
#FFFFFF1.581.0021.0021.00
#00000013.3121.001.001.00
##00000013.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CD3B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5CF57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5CBBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 215, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.160 114.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce385',
    500: '#c9d74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d74d;
$custom-light: #dce385;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.087,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84294,
    "c": 0.15969,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D74D
secondary
#413890
accent
#41E652
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFCF3
border
#D5D5CD
text
#15150C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9D74D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva