#C9DF49#C9DF49

#C9DF49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.171 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DF49
RGB	rgb(201, 223, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 67.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -26.52, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 72.75, 111.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0788 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.171 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6788, 65.6745, 16.2560)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DF49 #5F49DF

analogous

#DFAA49 #C9DF49 #7EDF49

triadic

#C9DF49 #49C9DF #DF49C9

tetradic

#C9DF49 #49DFAA #5F49DF #DF497E

square

#C9DF49 #49DFAA #5F49DF #DF497E

split-complementary

#C9DF49 #497EDF #AA49DF

monochromatic

#82941A #B0C823 #C9DF49 #D8E87D #E8F1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C9DF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#C9DF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DF49

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DF49	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9df49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 223, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.171 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde884',
    500: '#c9df49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9df49;
$custom-light: #dde884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9df49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.8,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86013,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DF49

secondary

#433498

accent

#3BED55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DF49

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

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