#C9DD4E#C9DD4E

#C9DD4E 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 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD4E
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 78)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -25.26, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 70.01, 111.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0748 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.166 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3201, 64.6811, 16.9874)
Luminance	0.6468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD4E #624EDD

analogous

#DDAA4E #C9DD4E #81DD4E

triadic

#C9DD4E #4EC9DD #DD4EC9

tetradic

#C9DD4E #4EDDAA #624EDD #DD4E81

square

#C9DD4E #4EDDAA #624EDD #DD4E81

split-complementary

#C9DD4E #4E81DD #AA4EDD

monochromatic

#83941C #B1C726 #C9DD4E #D9E781 #E8F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#C9DD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD4E

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD4E	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.166 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce787',
    500: '#c9dd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd4e;
$custom-light: #dce787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.392,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85614,
    "c": 0.16573,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD4E

secondary

#443699

accent

#3DEB55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD4E

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

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