#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
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 77)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -27.23, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 72.15, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0804 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.171 118)
XYZ	xyz(52.3532, 66.8042, 17.1563)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9E14D	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9E14D

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

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