#C9DE4D#C9DE4D

#C9DE4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.168 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DE4D
RGB	rgb(201, 222, 77)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -25.80, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 70.83, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0764 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.168 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5493, 65.1965, 16.8883)
Luminance	0.6520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DE4D #624DDE

analogous

#DEAA4D #C9DE4D #80DE4D

triadic

#C9DE4D #4DC9DE #DE4DC9

tetradic

#C9DE4D #4DDEAA #624DDE #DE4D80

square

#C9DE4D #4DDEAA #624DDE #DE4D80

split-complementary

#C9DE4D #4D80DE #AA4DDE

monochromatic

#83951C #B1C925 #C9DE4D #D9E881 #E8F1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#C9DE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DE4D

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DE4D	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9de4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 222, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.168 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde886',
    500: '#c9de4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9de4d;
$custom-light: #dde886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9de4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.69,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85825,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DE4D

secondary

#443699

accent

#3CEC56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DE4D

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

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