#C9D049#C9D049

#C9D049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.155 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D049
RGB	rgb(201, 208, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 64.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -19.26, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 66.41, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0585 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.155 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8472, 58.0114, 14.9789)
Luminance	0.5801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D049 #5049D0

analogous

#D09349 #C9D049 #86D049

triadic

#C9D049 #49C9D0 #D049C9

tetradic

#C9D049 #49D093 #5049D0 #D04986

square

#C9D049 #49D093 #5049D0 #D04986

split-complementary

#C9D049 #4986D0 #9349D0

monochromatic

#797E21 #A8AF2D #C9D049 #D7DD7A #E6E9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9D049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#C9D049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D049

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D049	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 208, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.155 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde83',
    500: '#c9d049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d049;
$custom-light: #ddde83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.111,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82738,
    "c": 0.15495,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D049

secondary

#3C3886

accent

#46E24E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D049

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

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