#C9D449#C9D449

#C9D449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.159 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D449
RGBrgb(201, 212, 73)
HSLhsl(65, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(65, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(5.2%, 0%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(81.83, -21.22, 64.68)
CIE-LCHlch(81.83, 68.07, 108.16°)
OKLaboklab(83.61% -0.064 0.1458)
OKLCHoklch(83.61% 0.159 113.7)
XYZxyz(48.8348, 59.9865, 15.3080)
Luminance0.5999 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D449 #5449D4
analogous
#D49949 #C9D449 #83D449
triadic
#C9D449 #49C9D4 #D449C9
tetradic
#C9D449 #49D499 #5449D4 #D44983
square
#C9D449 #49D499 #5449D4 #D44983
split-complementary
#C9D449 #4983D4 #9949D4
monochromatic
#7C841F #AAB52B #C9D449 #D8E07B #E6EBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#C9D449 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00
#C9D449 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D449
13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D449#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D4491.001.6213.0013.00
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0021.001.001.00
##00000013.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CA35
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CD53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6C8B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 212, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.159 113.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde183',
    500: '#c9d449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d449;
$custom-light: #dde183;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.748,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83607,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D449
secondary
#3D378A
accent
#43E550
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9D449 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva