#C9DC4D#C9DC4D

#C9DC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.165 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DC4D
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 77)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 65%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -24.84, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 69.96, 110.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0738 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.165 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0213, 64.1404, 16.7123)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DC4D #604DDC

analogous

#DCA74D #C9DC4D #81DC4D

triadic

#C9DC4D #4DC9DC #DC4DC9

tetradic

#C9DC4D #4DDCA7 #604DDC #DC4D81

square

#C9DC4D #4DDCA7 #604DDC #DC4D81

split-complementary

#C9DC4D #4D81DC #A74DDC

monochromatic

#82921D #B0C527 #C9DC4D #D9E680 #E8F0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C9DC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#C9DC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC4D

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DC4D	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.165 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce686',
    500: '#c9dc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dc4d;
$custom-light: #dce686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.972,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85386,
    "c": 0.16531,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DC4D

secondary

#433697

accent

#3EEA55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DC4D

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

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