#C9D849#C9D849

#C9D849 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	#C9D849
RGB	rgb(201, 216, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -23.16, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 69.75, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0694 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.164 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8471, 62.0111, 15.6455)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D849 #5849D8

analogous

#D8A049 #C9D849 #82D849

triadic

#C9D849 #49C9D8 #D849C9

tetradic

#C9D849 #49D8A0 #5849D8 #D84982

square

#C9D849 #49D8A0 #5849D8 #D84982

split-complementary

#C9D849 #4982D8 #A049D8

monochromatic

#7E891D #ACBC28 #C9D849 #D8E37B #E7EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C9D849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#C9D849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D849

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D849	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)

#E7CD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 216, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.164 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde383',
    500: '#c9d849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d849;
$custom-light: #dde383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.294,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84479,
    "c": 0.16366,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D849

secondary

#3F368F

accent

#40E852

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D849

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

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