#C9DD41#C9DD41

#C9DD41 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.174 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD41
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 65)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -26.00, 70.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 74.72, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0781 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.174 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8992, 64.5127, 14.7709)
Luminance	0.6451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD41 #5541DD

analogous

#DDA341 #C9DD41 #7BDD41

triadic

#C9DD41 #41C9DD #DD41C9

tetradic

#C9DD41 #41DDA3 #5541DD #DD417B

square

#C9DD41 #41DDA3 #5541DD #DD417B

split-complementary

#C9DD41 #417BDD #A341DD

monochromatic

#7C8B19 #ABBF22 #C9DD41 #D8E675 #E7F0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#C9DD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD41

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD41	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.174 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde77f',
    500: '#c9dd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd41;
$custom-light: #dde77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85516,
    "c": 0.17435,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD41

secondary

#3E3290

accent

#3BEC52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD41

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

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