#C9E14D#C9E14D

#C9E14D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.171 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E14D
RGBrgb(201, 225, 77)
HSLhsl(70, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(70, 66%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(10.7%, 0%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(85.41, -27.23, 66.81)
CIE-LCHlch(85.41, 72.15, 112.17°)
OKLaboklab(86.48% -0.0804 0.1509)
OKLCHoklch(86.48% 0.171 118)
XYZxyz(52.3532, 66.8042, 17.1563)
Luminance0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E14D #654DE1
analogous
#E1AF4D #C9E14D #7FE14D
triadic
#C9E14D #4DC9E1 #E14DC9
tetradic
#C9E14D #4DE1AF #654DE1 #E14D7F
square
#C9E14D #4DE1AF #654DE1 #E14D7F
split-complementary
#C9E14D #4D7FE1 #AF4DE1
monochromatic
#859A1A #B2CE23 #C9E14D #D9EA81 #E9F3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46
#C9E14D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36
#C9E14D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E14D
14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E14D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E14D1.001.4614.3614.36
#FFFFFF1.461.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3621.001.001.00
##00000014.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD538
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD658
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5D5C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.171 118.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea86',
    500: '#c9e14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e14d;
$custom-light: #ddea86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.73,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86483,
    "c": 0.171,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.66804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E14D
secondary
#46359D
accent
#3AEE57
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9E14D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva