#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
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 74)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -25.51, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 71.52, 110.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0759 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.169 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1810, 64.6255, 16.2550)
Luminance	0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9DD4A	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9DD4A

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

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