#C9E148#C9E148

#C9E148 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.174 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E148
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 72)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 68%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -27.52, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 73.97, 111.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0817 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.174 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1834, 66.7363, 16.2620)
Luminance	0.6674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E148 #6048E1

analogous

#E1AD48 #C9E148 #7CE148

triadic

#C9E148 #48C9E1 #E148C9

tetradic

#C9E148 #48E1AD #6048E1 #E1487C

square

#C9E148 #48E1AD #6048E1 #E1487C

split-complementary

#C9E148 #487CE1 #AD48E1

monochromatic

#829619 #B0CB21 #C9E148 #D9EA7D #E8F2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#C9E148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E148

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E148	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.174 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea84',
    500: '#c9e148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e148;
$custom-light: #ddea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.412,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86445,
    "c": 0.17439,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E148

secondary

#43339A

accent

#39EF56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E148

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

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