#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
RGBrgb(201, 216, 73)
HSLhsl(66, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(66, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(6.9%, 0%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(82.92, -23.16, 65.80)
CIE-LCHlch(82.92, 69.75, 109.39°)
OKLaboklab(84.48% -0.0694 0.1482)
OKLCHoklch(84.48% 0.164 115.1)
XYZxyz(49.8471, 62.0111, 15.6455)
Luminance0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9D8491.001.5713.4013.40
#FFFFFF1.571.0021.0021.00
#00000013.4021.001.001.00
##00000013.4021.001.001.00

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

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#C9D849 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva