#C9D846#C9D846

#C9D846 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.166 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D846
RGB	rgb(201, 216, 70)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 67.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -23.33, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 70.87, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0702 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.166 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7500, 61.9723, 15.1342)
Luminance	0.6197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D846 #5546D8

analogous

#D89E46 #C9D846 #80D846

triadic

#C9D846 #46C9D8 #D846C9

tetradic

#C9D846 #46D89E #5546D8 #D84680

square

#C9D846 #46D89E #5546D8 #D84680

split-complementary

#C9D846 #4680D8 #9E46D8

monochromatic

#7C871C #ABBA27 #C9D846 #D8E379 #E7EDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9D846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#C9D846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D846

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D846	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 216, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.166 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde382',
    500: '#c9d846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d846;
$custom-light: #dde382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.164,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84456,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D846

secondary

#3E358D

accent

#40E851

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D846

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

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