#C9D84D#C9D84D

#C9D84D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.161 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D84D
RGB	rgb(201, 216, 77)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 64.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -22.92, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 68.23, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0684 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.161 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9840, 62.0659, 16.3665)
Luminance	0.6207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D84D #5C4DD8

analogous

#D8A24D #C9D84D #83D84D

triadic

#C9D84D #4DC9D8 #D84DC9

tetradic

#C9D84D #4DD8A2 #5C4DD8 #D84D83

square

#C9D84D #4DD8A2 #5C4DD8 #D84D83

split-complementary

#C9D84D #4D83D8 #A24DD8

monochromatic

#808C1F #AEBE2A #C9D84D #D8E37F #E7EEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9D84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#C9D84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D84D

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D84D	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 216, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.161 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce386',
    500: '#c9d84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d84d;
$custom-light: #dce386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.475,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84512,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D84D

secondary

#413792

accent

#41E753

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D84D

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

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