#C9E149#C9E149

#C9E149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.174 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E149
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -27.47, 68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 73.62, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0814 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.174 118)
XYZ	xyz(52.2163, 66.7495, 16.4352)
Luminance	0.6675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E149 #6149E1

analogous

#E1AD49 #C9E149 #7DE149

triadic

#C9E149 #49C9E1 #E149C9

tetradic

#C9E149 #49E1AD #6149E1 #E1497D

square

#C9E149 #49E1AD #6149E1 #E1497D

split-complementary

#C9E149 #497DE1 #AD49E1

monochromatic

#839719 #B0CB22 #C9E149 #D9EA7E #E8F2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#C9E149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E149

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E149	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)

#F0D532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.174 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea84',
    500: '#c9e149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e149;
$custom-light: #ddea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86452,
    "c": 0.17373,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.66749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E149

secondary

#44339B

accent

#39EE56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E149

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

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