#C9DD5D#C9DD5D

#C9DD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.154 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DD5D
RGB	rgb(201, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(69, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -24.21, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 63.97, 112.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0704 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.154 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9205, 64.9213, 20.1497)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DD5D #715DDD

analogous

#DDB15D #C9DD5D #89DD5D

triadic

#C9DD5D #5DC9DD #DD5DC9

tetradic

#C9DD5D #5DDDB1 #715DDD #DD5D89

square

#C9DD5D #5DDDB1 #715DDD #DD5D89

split-complementary

#C9DD5D #5D89DD #B15DDD

monochromatic

#8B9E21 #B7D12C #C9DD5D #DAE890 #EBF2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#C9DD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DD5D

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DD5D	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)

#EBD24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.154 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce78f',
    500: '#c9dd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dd5d;
$custom-light: #dce78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.375,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85753,
    "c": 0.15398,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DD5D

secondary

#4C3CA2

accent

#18CD35

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DD5D

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

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