#C9D848#C9D848

#C9D848 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.164 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D848
RGB	rgb(201, 216, 72)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 66.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -23.22, 66.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 70.13, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0697 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.164 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8142, 61.9979, 15.4723)
Luminance	0.6200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D848 #5748D8

analogous

#D89F48 #C9D848 #81D848

triadic

#C9D848 #48C9D8 #D848C9

tetradic

#C9D848 #48D89F #5748D8 #D84881

square

#C9D848 #48D89F #5748D8 #D84881

split-complementary

#C9D848 #4881D8 #9F48D8

monochromatic

#7D891D #ACBB28 #C9D848 #D8E37A #E7EEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9D848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#C9D848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D848

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D848	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 216, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.164 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde383',
    500: '#c9d848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d848;
$custom-light: #dde383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84471,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D848

secondary

#3F368F

accent

#40E851

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D848

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

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