#C9DD36#C9DD36

#C9DD36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.180 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD36
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, -26.51, 73.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 78.22, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0804 0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.18 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6110, 64.3975, 13.2531)
Luminance	0.6440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD36 #4A36DD

analogous

#DD9E36 #C9DD36 #76DD36

triadic

#C9DD36 #36C9DD #DD36C9

tetradic

#C9DD36 #36DD9E #4A36DD #DD3676

square

#C9DD36 #36DD9E #4A36DD #DD3676

split-complementary

#C9DD36 #3676DD #9E36DD

monochromatic

#768316 #A5B71F #C9DD36 #D7E66A #E5EF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#C9DD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD36

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD36	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.180 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde77a',
    500: '#c9dd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd36;
$custom-light: #dde77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.186,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85449,
    "c": 0.18046,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD36

secondary

#392E89

accent

#3AEE50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD36

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

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