#C9DD44#C9DD44

#C9DD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.172 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD44
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 68)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -25.84, 69.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 73.68, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0774 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.172 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9884, 64.5484, 15.2408)
Luminance	0.6455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD44 #5844DD

analogous

#DDA544 #C9DD44 #7DDD44

triadic

#C9DD44 #44C9DD #DD44C9

tetradic

#C9DD44 #44DDA5 #5844DD #DD447D

square

#C9DD44 #44DDA5 #5844DD #DD447D

split-complementary

#C9DD44 #447DDD #A544DD

monochromatic

#7E8D1A #ACC123 #C9DD44 #D8E678 #E7F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#C9DD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD44

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD44	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.172 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde781',
    500: '#c9dd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd44;
$custom-light: #dde781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.843,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85537,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD44

secondary

#3F3392

accent

#3CEC53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD44

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

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