#C9DC44#C9DC44

#C9DC44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.171 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9DC44
RGBrgb(201, 220, 68)
HSLhsl(68, 68%, 56%)
HSVhsv(68, 69%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(8.6%, 0%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(83.98, -25.37, 68.73)
CIE-LCHlch(83.98, 73.26, 110.26°)
OKLaboklab(85.32% -0.0761 0.1536)
OKLCHoklch(85.32% 0.171 116.3)
XYZxyz(50.7252, 64.0220, 15.1530)
Luminance0.6402 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9DC44 #5744DC
analogous
#DCA344 #C9DC44 #7DDC44
triadic
#C9DC44 #44C9DC #DC44C9
tetradic
#C9DC44 #44DCA3 #5744DC #DC447D
square
#C9DC44 #44DCA3 #5744DC #DC447D
split-complementary
#C9DC44 #447DDC #A344DC
monochromatic
#7D8B1A #ACBF24 #C9DC44 #D8E678 #E7EFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52
#C9DC44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80
#C9DC44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC44
13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9DC44#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9DC441.001.5213.8013.80
#FFFFFF1.521.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8021.001.001.00
##00000013.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EBD12B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D250
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5D0BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9dc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.171 116.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde681',
    500: '#c9dc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9dc44;
$custom-light: #dde681;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9dc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85317,
    "c": 0.17139,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9DC44
secondary
#3F3391
accent
#3CEB52
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9DC44 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva