#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
RGB	rgb(201, 212, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -21.22, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 68.07, 108.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.064 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.159 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8348, 59.9865, 15.3080)
Luminance	0.5999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9D449	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9D449

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

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