#C9D346#C9D346

#C9D346 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.160 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D346
RGB	rgb(201, 211, 70)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 66.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -20.90, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 68.79, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0634 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.16 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4885, 59.4492, 14.7137)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D346 #5046D3

analogous

#D39646 #C9D346 #83D346

triadic

#C9D346 #46C9D3 #D346C9

tetradic

#C9D346 #46D396 #5046D3 #D34683

square

#C9D346 #46D396 #5046D3 #D34683

split-complementary

#C9D346 #4683D3 #9646D3

monochromatic

#79801E #A8B22A #C9D346 #D7DF77 #E6EBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C9D346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#C9D346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D346

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D346	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 211, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.160 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde081',
    500: '#c9d346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d346;
$custom-light: #dde081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83365,
    "c": 0.16027,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D346

secondary

#3C3687

accent

#43E54F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D346

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

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