#C9DD53#C9DD53

#C9DD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.162 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD53
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -24.94, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 68.06, 111.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0734 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.162 117)
XYZ	xyz(51.5062, 64.7555, 17.9677)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD53 #6753DD

analogous

#DDAC53 #C9DD53 #84DD53

triadic

#C9DD53 #53C9DD #DD53C9

tetradic

#C9DD53 #53DDAC #6753DD #DD5384

square

#C9DD53 #53DDAC #6753DD #DD5384

split-complementary

#C9DD53 #5384DD #AC53DD

monochromatic

#86981E #B3CB28 #C9DD53 #D9E786 #E9F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C9DD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#C9DD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD53

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD53	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)

#EBD242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.162 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce789',
    500: '#c9dd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd53;
$custom-light: #dce789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.696,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85657,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.64755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD53

secondary

#47389C

accent

#3EEA57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD53

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

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