#C9DE49#C9DE49

#C9DE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.170 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DE49
RGB	rgb(201, 222, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -26.04, 67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 72.32, 111.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0775 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.17 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4124, 65.1417, 16.1672)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DE49 #5E49DE

analogous

#DEA849 #C9DE49 #7FDE49

triadic

#C9DE49 #49C9DE #DE49C9

tetradic

#C9DE49 #49DEA8 #5E49DE #DE497F

square

#C9DE49 #49DEA8 #5E49DE #DE497F

split-complementary

#C9DE49 #497FDE #A849DE

monochromatic

#81921A #AFC624 #C9DE49 #D8E77D #E8F1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#C9DE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DE49

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DE49	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)

#EDD233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9de49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 222, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.170 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde884',
    500: '#c9de49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9de49;
$custom-light: #dde884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9de49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.456,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85793,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DE49

secondary

#423497

accent

#3CEC55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DE49

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

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