#C9DC4B#C9DC4B

#C9DC4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.167 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DC4B
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 75)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -24.97, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 70.71, 110.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0743 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.167 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9517, 64.1126, 16.3461)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DC4B #5E4BDC

analogous

#DCA64B #C9DC4B #80DC4B

triadic

#C9DC4B #4BC9DC #DC4BC9

tetradic

#C9DC4B #4BDCA6 #5E4BDC #DC4B80

square

#C9DC4B #4BDCA6 #5E4BDC #DC4B80

split-complementary

#C9DC4B #4B80DC #A64BDC

monochromatic

#81911C #AFC426 #C9DC4B #D8E67E #E8F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C9DC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#C9DC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC4B

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DC4B	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dc4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.167 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde685',
    500: '#c9dc4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dc4b;
$custom-light: #dde685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dc4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.862,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8537,
    "c": 0.16673,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DC4B

secondary

#423696

accent

#3DEA54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DC4B

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

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