#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
RGB	rgb(201, 215, 77)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 64.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -22.43, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 67.80, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.067 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.16 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7286, 61.5550, 16.2814)
Luminance	0.6155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##C9D74D	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)

#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

Preview with #C9D74D

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

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