#C9DD4A#C9DD4A

#C9DD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.169 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9DD4A
RGBrgb(201, 221, 74)
HSLhsl(68, 68%, 58%)
HSVhsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(84.29, -25.51, 66.82)
CIE-LCHlch(84.29, 71.52, 110.89°)
OKLaboklab(85.58% -0.0759 0.1505)
OKLCHoklch(85.58% 0.169 116.8)
XYZxyz(51.1810, 64.6255, 16.2550)
Luminance0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9DD4A #5E4ADD
analogous
#DDA74A #C9DD4A #80DD4A
triadic
#C9DD4A #4AC9DD #DD4AC9
tetradic
#C9DD4A #4ADDA7 #5E4ADD #DD4A80
square
#C9DD4A #4ADDA7 #5E4ADD #DD4A80
split-complementary
#C9DD4A #4A80DD #A74ADD
monochromatic
#81911B #AFC525 #C9DD4A #D8E77E #E8F0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51
#C9DD4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93
#C9DD4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD4A
13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9DD4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9DD4A1.001.5113.9313.93
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.9321.001.001.00
##00000013.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ECD235
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD355
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5D1BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9dd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.169 116.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde784',
    500: '#c9dd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9dd4a;
$custom-light: #dde784;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9dd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.163,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85581,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9DD4A
secondary
#423596
accent
#3DEB54
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15160B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

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#C9DD4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva