#C9DE46#C9DE46

#C9DE46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.172 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DE46
RGB	rgb(201, 222, 70)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 68.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -26.21, 68.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 73.40, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0782 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.172 117)
XYZ	xyz(51.3153, 65.1029, 15.6560)
Luminance	0.6510 (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

#C9DE46 #5B46DE

analogous

#DEA746 #C9DE46 #7DDE46

triadic

#C9DE46 #46C9DE #DE46C9

tetradic

#C9DE46 #46DEA7 #5B46DE #DE467D

square

#C9DE46 #46DEA7 #5B46DE #DE467D

split-complementary

#C9DE46 #467DDE #A746DE

monochromatic

#80901A #AEC423 #C9DE46 #D8E77A #E7F1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#C9DE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DE46

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DE46	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9de46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 222, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.172 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde882',
    500: '#c9de46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9de46;
$custom-light: #dde882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9de46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.289,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8577,
    "c": 0.17233,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.65102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DE46

secondary

#413395

accent

#3BED54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DE46

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

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