#C9D94A#C9D94A

#C9D94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.164 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D94A
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 74)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -23.58, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 69.80, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0705 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.164 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1375, 62.5384, 15.9072)
Luminance	0.6254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D94A #5A4AD9

analogous

#D9A14A #C9D94A #82D94A

triadic

#C9D94A #4AC9D9 #D94AC9

tetradic

#C9D94A #4AD9A1 #5A4AD9 #D94A82

square

#C9D94A #4AD9A1 #5A4AD9 #D94A82

split-complementary

#C9D94A #4A82D9 #A14AD9

monochromatic

#7F8B1D #ADBE28 #C9D94A #D8E47D #E7EEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C9D94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#C9D94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D94A

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D94A	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.164 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde484',
    500: '#c9d94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d94a;
$custom-light: #dde484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.713,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84705,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D94A

secondary

#403691

accent

#40E852

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D94A

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

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