#C9D94B#C9D94B

#C9D94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.163 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D94B
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 75)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -23.52, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 69.42, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0703 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.163 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1714, 62.5520, 16.0860)
Luminance	0.6255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D94B #5B4BD9

analogous

#D9A24B #C9D94B #82D94B

triadic

#C9D94B #4BC9D9 #D94BC9

tetradic

#C9D94B #4BD9A2 #5B4BD9 #D94B82

square

#C9D94B #4BD9A2 #5B4BD9 #D94B82

split-complementary

#C9D94B #4B82D9 #A24BD9

monochromatic

#808C1E #AEBF28 #C9D94B #D8E47E #E7EEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C9D94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#C9D94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D94B

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D94B	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)

#E8CE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.163 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde484',
    500: '#c9d94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d94b;
$custom-light: #dde484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.761,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84714,
    "c": 0.16337,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D94B

secondary

#413692

accent

#40E853

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D94B

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

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