#C9DD49#C9DD49

#C9DD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.169 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD49
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -25.56, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 71.89, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0761 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.169 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1476, 64.6121, 16.0790)
Luminance	0.6461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD49 #5D49DD

analogous

#DDA749 #C9DD49 #7FDD49

triadic

#C9DD49 #49C9DD #DD49C9

tetradic

#C9DD49 #49DDA7 #5D49DD #DD497F

square

#C9DD49 #49DDA7 #5D49DD #DD497F

split-complementary

#C9DD49 #497FDD #A749DD

monochromatic

#81911B #AFC425 #C9DD49 #D8E77D #E8F0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#C9DD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD49

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD49	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)

#ECD233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.169 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde784',
    500: '#c9dd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd49;
$custom-light: #dde784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85573,
    "c": 0.16922,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD49

secondary

#423596

accent

#3CEB54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD49

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

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