#C9DD5B#C9DD5B

#C9DD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.156 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD5B
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -24.37, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 64.80, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0711 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.156 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8331, 64.8863, 19.6892)
Luminance	0.6489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD5B #6F5BDD

analogous

#DDB05B #C9DD5B #88DD5B

triadic

#C9DD5B #5BC9DD #DD5BC9

tetradic

#C9DD5B #5BDDB0 #6F5BDD #DD5B88

square

#C9DD5B #5BDDB0 #6F5BDD #DD5B88

split-complementary

#C9DD5B #5B88DD #B05BDD

monochromatic

#8A9D21 #B6D02B #C9DD5B #DAE88E #EAF2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#C9DD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD5B

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD5B	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.156 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce78e',
    500: '#c9dd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd5b;
$custom-light: #dce78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85733,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD5B

secondary

#4B3BA1

accent

#18CE34

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD5B

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

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