#C9E048#C9E048

#C9E048 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.173 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E048
RGB	rgb(201, 224, 72)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 67.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -27.05, 68.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 73.54, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0804 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.173 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9139, 66.1972, 16.1722)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E048 #5F48E0

analogous

#E0AB48 #C9E048 #7DE048

triadic

#C9E048 #48C9E0 #E048C9

tetradic

#C9E048 #48E0AB #5F48E0 #E0487D

square

#C9E048 #48E0AB #5F48E0 #E0487D

split-complementary

#C9E048 #487DE0 #AB48E0

monochromatic

#829419 #B0C922 #C9E048 #D8E97C #E8F2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C9E048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#C9E048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E048

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E048	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 224, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.173 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde983',
    500: '#c9e048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e048;
$custom-light: #dde983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.079,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86225,
    "c": 0.17326,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E048

secondary

#433399

accent

#3AEE55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E048

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

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