#C9D94C#C9D94C

#C9D94C 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	#C9D94C
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 76)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 65%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -23.46, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 69.04, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.07 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.163 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2059, 62.5658, 16.2677)
Luminance	0.6257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D94C #5C4CD9

analogous

#D9A34C #C9D94C #82D94C

triadic

#C9D94C #4CC9D9 #D94CC9

tetradic

#C9D94C #4CD9A3 #5C4CD9 #D94C82

square

#C9D94C #4CD9A3 #5C4CD9 #D94C82

split-complementary

#C9D94C #4C82D9 #A34CD9

monochromatic

#808D1E #AEBF29 #C9D94C #D8E47E #E7EEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C9D94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#C9D94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D94C

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D94C	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)

#E8CE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.163 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce485',
    500: '#c9d94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d94c;
$custom-light: #dce485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.809,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84722,
    "c": 0.16265,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D94C

secondary

#413792

accent

#40E853

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D94C

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

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