#C9E04B#C9E04B

#C9E04B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.171 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E04B
RGB	rgb(201, 224, 75)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 66.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -26.87, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 72.45, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0796 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.171 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0141, 66.2373, 16.7002)
Luminance	0.6624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E04B #624BE0

analogous

#E0AC4B #C9E04B #7EE04B

triadic

#C9E04B #4BC9E0 #E04BC9

tetradic

#C9E04B #4BE0AC #624BE0 #E04B7E

square

#C9E04B #4BE0AC #624BE0 #E04B7E

split-complementary

#C9E04B #4B7EE0 #AC4BE0

monochromatic

#83971A #B1CB23 #C9E04B #D9E97F #E8F2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C9E04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#C9E04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E04B

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E04B	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 224, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.171 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde985',
    500: '#c9e04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e04b;
$custom-light: #dde985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.262,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86248,
    "c": 0.17125,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E04B

secondary

#44349B

accent

#3AED56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E04B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →