#C9DC4F#C9DC4F

#C9DC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.164 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DC4F
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 79)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -24.72, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 69.19, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0732 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.164 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0930, 64.1691, 17.0899)
Luminance	0.6417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DC4F #624FDC

analogous

#DCA84F #C9DC4F #82DC4F

triadic

#C9DC4F #4FC9DC #DC4FC9

tetradic

#C9DC4F #4FDCA8 #624FDC #DC4F82

square

#C9DC4F #4FDCA8 #624FDC #DC4F82

split-complementary

#C9DC4F #4F82DC #A84FDC

monochromatic

#83931D #B1C627 #C9DC4F #D9E682 #E8F0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C9DC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#C9DC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC4F

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DC4F	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)

#EAD13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.164 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce687',
    500: '#c9dc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dc4f;
$custom-light: #dce687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.085,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85403,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DC4F

secondary

#443798

accent

#3EEA55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DC4F

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

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