#C9D448#C9D448

#C9D448 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.160 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D448
RGB	rgb(201, 212, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 66%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -21.28, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 68.45, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0643 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.16 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8019, 59.9733, 15.1348)
Luminance	0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D448 #5348D4

analogous

#D49948 #C9D448 #83D448

triadic

#C9D448 #48C9D4 #D448C9

tetradic

#C9D448 #48D499 #5348D4 #D44883

square

#C9D448 #48D499 #5348D4 #D44883

split-complementary

#C9D448 #4883D4 #9948D4

monochromatic

#7B831F #AAB42A #C9D448 #D8E07A #E6EBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C9D448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#C9D448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D448

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D448	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.160 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde182',
    500: '#c9d448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d448;
$custom-light: #dde182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83599,
    "c": 0.15997,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D448

secondary

#3D368A

accent

#43E550

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D448

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

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