#C9DD52#C9DD52

#C9DD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.163 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD52
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 82)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, -25.00, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 68.46, 111.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0737 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.163 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4679, 64.7402, 17.7658)
Luminance	0.6474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD52 #6652DD

analogous

#DDAC52 #C9DD52 #84DD52

triadic

#C9DD52 #52C9DD #DD52C9

tetradic

#C9DD52 #52DDAC #6652DD #DD5284

square

#C9DD52 #52DDAC #6652DD #DD5284

split-complementary

#C9DD52 #5284DD #AC52DD

monochromatic

#85971E #B3CA28 #C9DD52 #D9E785 #E9F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#C9DD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD52

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD52	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.163 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce789',
    500: '#c9dd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd52;
$custom-light: #dce789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.633,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85648,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD52

secondary

#46389B

accent

#3EEA57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD52

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

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