#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
RGB	rgb(201, 217, 72)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -23.70, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 70.55, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0711 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.165 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0712, 62.5119, 15.5579)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9D948	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9D948

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

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