#C9D549#C9D549

#C9D549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.160 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D549
RGB	rgb(201, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -21.71, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 68.49, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0654 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.16 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0855, 60.4880, 15.3916)
Luminance	0.6049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D549 #5549D5

analogous

#D59B49 #C9D549 #83D549

triadic

#C9D549 #49C9D5 #D549C9

tetradic

#C9D549 #49D59B #5549D5 #D54983

square

#C9D549 #49D59B #5549D5 #D54983

split-complementary

#C9D549 #4983D5 #9B49D5

monochromatic

#7C851F #ABB72A #C9D549 #D8E07B #E7ECAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C9D549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#C9D549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D549

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D549	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.160 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde183',
    500: '#c9d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d549;
$custom-light: #dde183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83825,
    "c": 0.16035,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D549

secondary

#3E378C

accent

#42E650

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D549

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

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