#C9DC49#C9DC49

#C9DC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.168 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DC49
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -25.09, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 71.46, 110.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0748 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.168 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8844, 64.0856, 15.9912)
Luminance	0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DC49 #5C49DC

analogous

#DCA549 #C9DC49 #80DC49

triadic

#C9DC49 #49C9DC #DC49C9

tetradic

#C9DC49 #49DCA5 #5C49DC #DC4980

square

#C9DC49 #49DCA5 #5C49DC #DC4980

split-complementary

#C9DC49 #4980DC #A549DC

monochromatic

#808F1C #AEC225 #C9DC49 #D8E67C #E7F0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C9DC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#C9DC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC49

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DC49	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.168 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde684',
    500: '#c9dc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dc49;
$custom-light: #dde684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.755,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85354,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DC49

secondary

#413594

accent

#3DEB54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DC49

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

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