#C9DD48#C9DD48

#C9DD48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.170 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD48
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 72)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -25.62, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 72.25, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0764 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.17 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1147, 64.5989, 15.9058)
Luminance	0.6460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD48 #5C48DD

analogous

#DDA748 #C9DD48 #7EDD48

triadic

#C9DD48 #48C9DD #DD48C9

tetradic

#C9DD48 #48DDA7 #5C48DD #DD487E

square

#C9DD48 #48DDA7 #5C48DD #DD487E

split-complementary

#C9DD48 #487EDD #A748DD

monochromatic

#80901B #AEC324 #C9DD48 #D8E77C #E7F0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#C9DD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD48

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD48	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.170 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde783',
    500: '#c9dd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd48;
$custom-light: #dde783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.054,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85566,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD48

secondary

#413495

accent

#3CEC54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD48

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

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