#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
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 68)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -25.37, 68.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 73.26, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0761 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.171 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7252, 64.0220, 15.1530)
Luminance	0.6402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9DC44	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9DC44

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

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