#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
RGBrgb(201, 225, 73)
HSLhsl(69, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(69, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(10.7%, 0%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(85.38, -27.47, 68.30)
CIE-LCHlch(85.38, 73.62, 111.91°)
OKLaboklab(86.45% -0.0814 0.1535)
OKLCHoklch(86.45% 0.174 118)
XYZxyz(52.2163, 66.7495, 16.4352)
Luminance0.6675 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C9E1491.001.4614.3514.35
#FFFFFF1.461.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3521.001.001.00
##00000014.3521.001.001.00

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

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#C9E149 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva