#C9DD42#C9DD42

#C9DD42 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#C9DD42
RGBrgb(201, 221, 66)
HSLhsl(68, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(68, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(84.24, -25.95, 69.70)
CIE-LCHlch(84.24, 74.38, 110.42°)
OKLaboklab(85.52% -0.0779 0.1553)
OKLCHoklch(85.52% 0.174 116.6)
XYZxyz(50.9284, 64.5244, 14.9248)
Luminance0.6452 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9DD42 #5642DD
analogous
#DDA442 #C9DD42 #7CDD42
triadic
#C9DD42 #42C9DD #DD42C9
tetradic
#C9DD42 #42DDA4 #5642DD #DD427C
square
#C9DD42 #42DDA4 #5642DD #DD427C
split-complementary
#C9DD42 #427CDD #A442DD
monochromatic
#7D8C19 #ABBF22 #C9DD42 #D8E676 #E7F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51
#C9DD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90
#C9DD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD42
13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9DD42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9DD421.001.5113.9013.90
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.9021.001.001.00
##00000013.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ECD127
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD34E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5D1BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9dd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.174 116.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde780',
    500: '#c9dd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9dd42;
$custom-light: #dde780;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9dd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85523,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9DD42
secondary
#3E3291
accent
#3BEC52
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#16160B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9DD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva