#C9DC47#C9DC47

#C9DC47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.169 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DC47
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 71)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 67.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -25.20, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 72.19, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0753 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.169 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8191, 64.0595, 15.6476)
Luminance	0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DC47 #5A47DC

analogous

#DCA547 #C9DC47 #7FDC47

triadic

#C9DC47 #47C9DC #DC47C9

tetradic

#C9DC47 #47DCA5 #5A47DC #DC477F

square

#C9DC47 #47DCA5 #5A47DC #DC477F

split-complementary

#C9DC47 #477FDC #A547DC

monochromatic

#7F8E1B #ADC125 #C9DC47 #D8E67A #E7F0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C9DC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#C9DC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC47

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DC47	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.169 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde683',
    500: '#c9dc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dc47;
$custom-light: #dde683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.651,
    "s": 68.037,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85339,
    "c": 0.16945,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DC47

secondary

#403493

accent

#3DEB53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DC47

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

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