#C9DD4B#C9DD4B

#C9DD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.168 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD4B
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 75)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -25.45, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 71.15, 110.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0756 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.168 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2150, 64.6390, 16.4338)
Luminance	0.6464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD4B #5F4BDD

analogous

#DDA84B #C9DD4B #80DD4B

triadic

#C9DD4B #4BC9DD #DD4BC9

tetradic

#C9DD4B #4BDDA8 #5F4BDD #DD4B80

square

#C9DD4B #4BDDA8 #5F4BDD #DD4B80

split-complementary

#C9DD4B #4B80DD #A84BDD

monochromatic

#82921C #B0C525 #C9DD4B #D8E77E #E8F0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#C9DD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD4B

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD4B	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)

#ECD236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.168 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde785',
    500: '#c9dd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd4b;
$custom-light: #dde785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.219,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85589,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD4B

secondary

#433597

accent

#3DEB55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD4B

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

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