#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
RGBrgb(201, 217, 76)
HSLhsl(67, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(67, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(7.4%, 0%, 65%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(83.21, -23.46, 64.93)
CIE-LCHlch(83.21, 69.04, 109.87°)
OKLaboklab(84.72% -0.07 0.1468)
OKLCHoklch(84.72% 0.163 115.5)
XYZxyz(50.2059, 62.5658, 16.2677)
Luminance0.6257 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9D94C1.001.5513.5113.51
#FFFFFF1.551.0021.0021.00
#00000013.5121.001.001.00
##00000013.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#C9D94C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva