#C9DD4F#C9DD4F

#C9DD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.165 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD4F
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 79)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -25.20, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 69.63, 111.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0746 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.165 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3562, 64.6955, 17.1777)
Luminance	0.6470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD4F #634FDD

analogous

#DDAA4F #C9DD4F #82DD4F

triadic

#C9DD4F #4FC9DD #DD4FC9

tetradic

#C9DD4F #4FDDAA #634FDD #DD4F82

square

#C9DD4F #4FDDAA #634FDD #DD4F82

split-complementary

#C9DD4F #4F82DD #AA4FDD

monochromatic

#84951D #B1C827 #C9DD4F #D9E782 #E8F1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#C9DD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD4F

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD4F	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)

#EBD23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.165 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce787',
    500: '#c9dd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd4f;
$custom-light: #dce787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85622,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD4F

secondary

#453799

accent

#3DEA56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD4F

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

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