#C9DC73#C9DC73

#C9DC73 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.132 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DC73
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 115)
HSL	hsl(71, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(71, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 47.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -21.81, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 53.73, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0616 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.132 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7756, 64.8421, 25.9519)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DC73 #8673DC

analogous

#DCBA73 #C9DC73 #94DC73

triadic

#C9DC73 #73C9DC #DC73C9

tetradic

#C9DC73 #73DCBA #8673DC #DC7394

square

#C9DC73 #73DCBA #8673DC #DC7394

split-complementary

#C9DC73 #7394DC #BA73DC

monochromatic

#93AA2B #B6D042 #C9DC73 #DCE8A4 #EFF4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#C9DC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DC73

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DC73	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.132 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe69d',
    500: '#c9dc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dc73;
$custom-light: #dbe69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85795,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DC73

secondary

#5947AD

accent

#1EC83D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DC73

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

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