#C9E046#C9E046

#C9E046 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.175 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E046
RGB	rgb(201, 224, 70)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 68.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -27.16, 69.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 74.25, 111.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0809 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.175 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8497, 66.1716, 15.8341)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E046 #5D46E0

analogous

#E0AA46 #C9E046 #7CE046

triadic

#C9E046 #46C9E0 #E046C9

tetradic

#C9E046 #46E0AA #5D46E0 #E0467C

square

#C9E046 #46E0AA #5D46E0 #E0467C

split-complementary

#C9E046 #467CE0 #AA46E0

monochromatic

#819319 #AFC721 #C9E046 #D8E97A #E8F2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C9E046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#C9E046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E046

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E046	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 224, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.175 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde982',
    500: '#c9e046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e046;
$custom-light: #dde982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.961,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8621,
    "c": 0.17456,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E046

secondary

#423398

accent

#3AEE55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E046

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

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