#C9D84A#C9D84A

#C9D84A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.163 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D84A
RGB	rgb(201, 216, 74)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -23.10, 65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 69.38, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0692 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.163 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8805, 62.0245, 15.8215)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D84A #594AD8

analogous

#D8A04A #C9D84A #82D84A

triadic

#C9D84A #4AC9D8 #D84AC9

tetradic

#C9D84A #4AD8A0 #594AD8 #D84A82

square

#C9D84A #4AD8A0 #594AD8 #D84A82

split-complementary

#C9D84A #4A82D8 #A04AD8

monochromatic

#7E8A1E #ADBC29 #C9D84A #D8E37C #E7EEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9D84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#C9D84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D84A

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D84A	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 216, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.163 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde384',
    500: '#c9d84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d84a;
$custom-light: #dde384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.338,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84487,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D84A

secondary

#403690

accent

#40E852

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D84A

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

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