#C9D648#C9D648

#C9D648 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.162 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D648
RGB	rgb(201, 214, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 66.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -22.25, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 69.29, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.067 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.162 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3049, 60.9794, 15.3025)
Luminance	0.6098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D648 #5548D6

analogous

#D69C48 #C9D648 #82D648

triadic

#C9D648 #48C9D6 #D648C9

tetradic

#C9D648 #48D69C #5548D6 #D64882

square

#C9D648 #48D69C #5548D6 #D64882

split-complementary

#C9D648 #4882D6 #9C48D6

monochromatic

#7C861E #ABB829 #C9D648 #D8E17A #E7ECAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C9D648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#C9D648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D648

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D648	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 214, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.162 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde283',
    500: '#c9d648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d648;
$custom-light: #dde283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.493,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84035,
    "c": 0.16215,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D648

secondary

#3E368C

accent

#41E650

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D648

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

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