#C9D844#C9D844

#C9D844 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.167 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D844
RGB	rgb(201, 216, 68)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -23.44, 67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 71.59, 109.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0707 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.167 115)
XYZ	xyz(49.6879, 61.9474, 14.8073)
Luminance	0.6195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D844 #5344D8

analogous

#D89D44 #C9D844 #7FD844

triadic

#C9D844 #44C9D8 #D844C9

tetradic

#C9D844 #44D89D #5344D8 #D8447F

square

#C9D844 #44D89D #5344D8 #D8447F

split-complementary

#C9D844 #447FD8 #9D44D8

monochromatic

#7B861C #AAB826 #C9D844 #D8E377 #E6EDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9D844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#C9D844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D844

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D844	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 216, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.167 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde381',
    500: '#c9d844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d844;
$custom-light: #dde381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.081,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84441,
    "c": 0.16701,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.61947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D844

secondary

#3D348C

accent

#3FE850

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D844

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

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