#C9D94D#C9D94D

#C9D94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.162 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D94D
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 77)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -23.40, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 68.66, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0697 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.162 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2410, 62.5798, 16.4522)
Luminance	0.6258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D94D #5D4DD9

analogous

#D9A34D #C9D94D #83D94D

triadic

#C9D94D #4DC9D9 #D94DC9

tetradic

#C9D94D #4DD9A3 #5D4DD9 #D94D83

square

#C9D94D #4DD9A3 #5D4DD9 #D94D83

split-complementary

#C9D94D #4D83D9 #A34DD9

monochromatic

#818D1E #AFC029 #C9D94D #D8E47F #E8EFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C9D94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#C9D94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D94D

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D94D	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.162 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce486',
    500: '#c9d94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d94d;
$custom-light: #dce486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8473,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D94D

secondary

#423793

accent

#40E853

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D94D

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

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