#C9DD4D#C9DD4D

#C9DD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.166 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD4D
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 77)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 65.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -25.32, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 70.39, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0751 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.166 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2845, 64.6668, 16.8000)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD4D #614DDD

analogous

#DDA94D #C9DD4D #81DD4D

triadic

#C9DD4D #4DC9DD #DD4DC9

tetradic

#C9DD4D #4DDDA9 #614DDD #DD4D81

square

#C9DD4D #4DDDA9 #614DDD #DD4D81

split-complementary

#C9DD4D #4D81DD #A94DDD

monochromatic

#83931C #B0C726 #C9DD4D #D9E780 #E8F1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#C9DD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD4D

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD4D	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)

#ECD239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.166 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde786',
    500: '#c9dd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd4d;
$custom-light: #dde786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85605,
    "c": 0.16645,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD4D

secondary

#443698

accent

#3DEB55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD4D

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

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