#C9DA40#C9DA40

#C9DA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.172 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DA40
RGB	rgb(201, 218, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -24.62, 69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 73.82, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0743 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.172 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0855, 62.9313, 14.3580)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DA40 #5140DA

analogous

#DA9E40 #C9DA40 #7CDA40

triadic

#C9DA40 #40C9DA #DA40C9

tetradic

#C9DA40 #40DA9E #5140DA #DA407C

square

#C9DA40 #40DA9E #5140DA #DA407C

split-complementary

#C9DA40 #407CDA #9E40DA

monochromatic

#7A861A #A9B924 #C9DA40 #D7E473 #E6EEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#C9DA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#C9DA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DA40

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DA40	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9da40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 218, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.172 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde57f',
    500: '#c9da40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9da40;
$custom-light: #dde57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9da40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.623,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84851,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DA40

secondary

#3C328C

accent

#3DEA50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DA40

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

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