#C9DD45#C9DD45

#C9DD45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; 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	#C9DD45
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 69)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -25.79, 68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 73.33, 110.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0771 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.172 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0192, 64.5607, 15.4029)
Luminance	0.6456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD45 #5945DD

analogous

#DDA545 #C9DD45 #7DDD45

triadic

#C9DD45 #45C9DD #DD45C9

tetradic

#C9DD45 #45DDA5 #5945DD #DD457D

square

#C9DD45 #45DDA5 #5945DD #DD457D

split-complementary

#C9DD45 #457DDD #A545DD

monochromatic

#7E8E1A #ADC123 #C9DD45 #D8E679 #E7F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#C9DD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD45

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD45	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)

#ECD22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.172 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde782',
    500: '#c9dd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd45;
$custom-light: #dde782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85544,
    "c": 0.17186,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD45

secondary

#403393

accent

#3CEC53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD45

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

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