#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
RGBrgb(201, 217, 75)
HSLhsl(67, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(67, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(7.4%, 0%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(83.21, -23.52, 65.32)
CIE-LCHlch(83.21, 69.42, 109.81°)
OKLaboklab(84.71% -0.0703 0.1475)
OKLCHoklch(84.71% 0.163 115.5)
XYZxyz(50.1714, 62.5520, 16.0860)
Luminance0.6255 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##C9D94B1.001.5513.5113.51
#FFFFFF1.551.0021.0021.00
#00000013.5121.001.001.00
##00000013.5121.001.001.00

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

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#C9D94B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva