#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
RGBrgb(201, 220, 73)
HSLhsl(68, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(68, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(8.6%, 0%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(84.01, -25.09, 66.91)
CIE-LCHlch(84.01, 71.46, 110.55°)
OKLaboklab(85.35% -0.0748 0.1505)
OKLCHoklch(85.35% 0.168 116.4)
XYZxyz(50.8844, 64.0856, 15.9912)
Luminance0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C9DC491.001.5213.8213.82
#FFFFFF1.521.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8221.001.001.00
##00000013.8221.001.001.00

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

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#C9DC49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva