#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
RGBrgb(201, 221, 69)
HSLhsl(68, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(68, 69%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(84.26, -25.79, 68.65)
CIE-LCHlch(84.26, 73.33, 110.59°)
OKLaboklab(85.54% -0.0771 0.1536)
OKLCHoklch(85.54% 0.172 116.7)
XYZxyz(51.0192, 64.5607, 15.4029)
Luminance0.6456 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C9DD451.001.5113.9113.91
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.9121.001.001.00
##00000013.9121.001.001.00

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

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#C9DD45 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva