#C9D546#C9D546

#C9D546 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.162 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D546
RGB	rgb(201, 213, 70)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 67.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -21.88, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 69.62, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0662 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.162 114)
XYZ	xyz(48.9885, 60.4491, 14.8804)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D546 #5246D5

analogous

#D59946 #C9D546 #81D546

triadic

#C9D546 #46C9D5 #D546C9

tetradic

#C9D546 #46D599 #5246D5 #D54681

square

#C9D546 #46D599 #5246D5 #D54681

split-complementary

#C9D546 #4681D5 #9946D5

monochromatic

#7A831E #A9B529 #C9D546 #D8E078 #E6ECAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C9D546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#C9D546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D546

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D546	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.162 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde181',
    500: '#c9d546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d546;
$custom-light: #dde181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83801,
    "c": 0.16243,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.60448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D546

secondary

#3D358A

accent

#42E650

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D546

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

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