#C9DD4C#C9DD4C

#C9DD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.167 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD4C
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 76)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -25.39, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 70.77, 111.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0754 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.167 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2495, 64.6528, 16.6155)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD4C #604CDD

analogous

#DDA84C #C9DD4C #80DD4C

triadic

#C9DD4C #4CC9DD #DD4CC9

tetradic

#C9DD4C #4CDDA8 #604CDD #DD4C80

square

#C9DD4C #4CDDA8 #604CDD #DD4C80

split-complementary

#C9DD4C #4C80DD #A84CDD

monochromatic

#82931C #B0C626 #C9DD4C #D9E77F #E8F1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#C9DD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD4C

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD4C	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)

#ECD238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.167 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde785',
    500: '#c9dd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd4c;
$custom-light: #dde785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85597,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD4C

secondary

#433697

accent

#3DEB55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD4C

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

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