#C9DE48#C9DE48

#C9DE48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.171 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DE48
RGB	rgb(201, 222, 72)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -26.10, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 72.68, 111.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0777 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.171 117)
XYZ	xyz(51.3795, 65.1285, 15.9940)
Luminance	0.6513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DE48 #5D48DE

analogous

#DEA848 #C9DE48 #7EDE48

triadic

#C9DE48 #48C9DE #DE48C9

tetradic

#C9DE48 #48DEA8 #5D48DE #DE487E

square

#C9DE48 #48DEA8 #5D48DE #DE487E

split-complementary

#C9DE48 #487EDE #A848DE

monochromatic

#81911A #AFC524 #C9DE48 #D8E77C #E8F1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#C9DE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DE48

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DE48	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9de48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 222, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.171 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde883',
    500: '#c9de48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9de48;
$custom-light: #dde883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9de48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85785,
    "c": 0.17102,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.65128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DE48

secondary

#423496

accent

#3CEC54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DE48

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

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