#C9DC46#C9DC46

#C9DC46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.170 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DC46
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 70)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 68.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.99, -25.26, 68.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.99, 72.55, 110.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0756 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.17 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7873, 64.0468, 15.4800)
Luminance	0.6405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DC46 #5946DC

analogous

#DCA446 #C9DC46 #7EDC46

triadic

#C9DC46 #46C9DC #DC46C9

tetradic

#C9DC46 #46DCA4 #5946DC #DC467E

square

#C9DC46 #46DCA4 #5946DC #DC467E

split-complementary

#C9DC46 #467EDC #A446DC

monochromatic

#7E8D1B #ADC024 #C9DC46 #D8E679 #E7EFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C9DC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#C9DC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC46

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DC46	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.170 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde682',
    500: '#c9dc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dc46;
$custom-light: #dde682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.6,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85332,
    "c": 0.1701,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DC46

secondary

#403492

accent

#3DEB53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DC46

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

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