#C9D147#C9D147

#C9D147 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.157 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D147
RGB	rgb(201, 209, 71)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 66%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -19.87, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 67.59, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0604 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.157 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0266, 58.4744, 14.7168)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D147 #4F47D1

analogous

#D19447 #C9D147 #84D147

triadic

#C9D147 #47C9D1 #D147C9

tetradic

#C9D147 #47D194 #4F47D1 #D14784

square

#C9D147 #47D194 #4F47D1 #D14784

split-complementary

#C9D147 #4784D1 #9447D1

monochromatic

#797E20 #A7AF2C #C9D147 #D7DD78 #E6E9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C9D147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#C9D147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D147

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D147	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 209, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.157 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddde82',
    500: '#c9d147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d147;
$custom-light: #ddde82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82939,
    "c": 0.15744,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D147

secondary

#3B3786

accent

#45E34E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D147

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

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