#C9D944#C9D944

#C9D944 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.168 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D944
RGBrgb(201, 217, 68)
HSLhsl(66, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(66, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(7.4%, 0%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(83.16, -23.93, 67.92)
CIE-LCHlch(83.16, 72.01, 109.41°)
OKLaboklab(84.66% -0.0721 0.1519)
OKLCHoklch(84.66% 0.168 115.4)
XYZxyz(49.9449, 62.4614, 14.8929)
Luminance0.6246 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D944 #5444D9
analogous
#D99E44 #C9D944 #7ED944
triadic
#C9D944 #44C9D9 #D944C9
tetradic
#C9D944 #44D99E #5444D9 #D9447E
square
#C9D944 #44D99E #5444D9 #D9447E
split-complementary
#C9D944 #447ED9 #9E44D9
monochromatic
#7C871B #AABA26 #C9D944 #D8E377 #E6EEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56
#C9D944 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49
#C9D944 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D944
13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D944#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D9441.001.5613.4913.49
#FFFFFF1.561.0021.0021.00
#00000013.4921.001.001.00
##00000013.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8CE2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D04F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6CDBC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.168 115.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde481',
    500: '#c9d944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d944;
$custom-light: #dde481;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.443,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8466,
    "c": 0.1681,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D944
secondary
#3D348D
accent
#3FE951
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9D944 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva