#C9DD56#C9DD56

#C9DD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.160 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD56
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -24.73, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 66.86, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.0726 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.16 117)
XYZ	xyz(51.6245, 64.8029, 18.5909)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD56 #6A56DD

analogous

#DDAD56 #C9DD56 #85DD56

triadic

#C9DD56 #56C9DD #DD56C9

tetradic

#C9DD56 #56DDAD #6A56DD #DD5685

square

#C9DD56 #56DDAD #6A56DD #DD5685

split-complementary

#C9DD56 #5685DD #AD56DD

monochromatic

#879A1F #B4CD29 #C9DD56 #D9E789 #EAF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#C9DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD56

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD56	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.160 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce78b',
    500: '#c9dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd56;
$custom-light: #dce78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85684,
    "c": 0.1597,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.64802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD56

secondary

#483A9E

accent

#17CE32

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD56

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

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