#C9D770#C9D770

#C9D770 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.129 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D770
RGB	rgb(201, 215, 112)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(68, 48%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 47.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -19.65, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 52.66, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0557 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.129 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3131, 62.1888, 24.6266)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D770 #7E70D7

analogous

#D7B270 #C9D770 #96D770

triadic

#C9D770 #70C9D7 #D770C9

tetradic

#C9D770 #70D7B2 #7E70D7 #D77096

square

#C9D770 #70D7B2 #7E70D7 #D77096

split-complementary

#C9D770 #7096D7 #B270D7

monochromatic

#90A02D #B7CA40 #C9D770 #DBE4A0 #EDF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#C9D770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#C9D770 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D770

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D770	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 215, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.129 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe39b',
    500: '#c9d770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d770;
$custom-light: #dbe39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.155,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84672,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D770

secondary

#5447A4

accent

#22C438

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D770

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

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