#C9DA4E#C9DA4E

#C9DA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.162 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DA4E
RGB	rgb(201, 218, 78)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 64.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -23.82, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 68.70, 110.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0708 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.162 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5351, 63.1111, 16.7258)
Luminance	0.6311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DA4E #5F4EDA

analogous

#DAA54E #C9DA4E #83DA4E

triadic

#C9DA4E #4EC9DA #DA4EC9

tetradic

#C9DA4E #4EDAA5 #5F4EDA #DA4E83

square

#C9DA4E #4EDAA5 #5F4EDA #DA4E83

split-complementary

#C9DA4E #4E83DA #A54EDA

monochromatic

#82901E #B0C229 #C9DA4E #D8E581 #E8EFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C9DA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#C9DA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DA4E

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DA4E	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9da4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 218, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.162 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce586',
    500: '#c9da4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9da4e;
$custom-light: #dce586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9da4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.286,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84957,
    "c": 0.16233,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DA4E

secondary

#433795

accent

#3FE854

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DA4E

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

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