#C9D948#C9D948

#C9D948 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.165 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9D948
RGBrgb(201, 217, 72)
HSLhsl(67, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(67, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(7.4%, 0%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(83.18, -23.70, 66.45)
CIE-LCHlch(83.18, 70.55, 109.63°)
OKLaboklab(84.69% -0.0711 0.1494)
OKLCHoklch(84.69% 0.165 115.4)
XYZxyz(50.0712, 62.5119, 15.5579)
Luminance0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9D948 #5848D9
analogous
#D9A148 #C9D948 #81D948
triadic
#C9D948 #48C9D9 #D948C9
tetradic
#C9D948 #48D9A1 #5848D9 #D94881
square
#C9D948 #48D9A1 #5848D9 #D94881
split-complementary
#C9D948 #4881D9 #A148D9
monochromatic
#7E8A1D #ACBD27 #C9D948 #D8E47B #E7EEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56
#C9D948 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50
#C9D948 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D948
13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9D948#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9D9481.001.5613.5013.50
#FFFFFF1.561.0021.0021.00
#00000013.5021.001.001.00
##00000013.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8CE33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D053
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5CDBC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9d948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 217, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.165 115.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde483',
    500: '#c9d948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9d948;
$custom-light: #dde483;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9d948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.621,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8469,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9D948
secondary
#3F3590
accent
#3FE952
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9D948 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva