#C9DC4A#C9DC4A

#C9DC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.167 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DC4A
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 74)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -25.03, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 71.09, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0746 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.167 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9178, 64.0990, 16.1673)
Luminance	0.6410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DC4A #5D4ADC

analogous

#DCA64A #C9DC4A #80DC4A

triadic

#C9DC4A #4AC9DC #DC4AC9

tetradic

#C9DC4A #4ADCA6 #5D4ADC #DC4A80

square

#C9DC4A #4ADCA6 #5D4ADC #DC4A80

split-complementary

#C9DC4A #4A80DC #A64ADC

monochromatic

#81901C #AFC326 #C9DC4A #D8E67D #E8F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C9DC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#C9DC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC4A

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DC4A	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.167 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde684',
    500: '#c9dc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dc4a;
$custom-light: #dde684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.808,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85362,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DC4A

secondary

#423595

accent

#3DEA54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DC4A

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

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