#C9DE4E#C9DE4E

#C9DE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.167 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DE4E
RGB	rgb(201, 222, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -25.74, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 70.45, 111.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0762 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.167 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5849, 65.2107, 17.0757)
Luminance	0.6521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DE4E #634EDE

analogous

#DEAB4E #C9DE4E #81DE4E

triadic

#C9DE4E #4EC9DE #DE4EC9

tetradic

#C9DE4E #4EDEAB #634EDE #DE4E81

square

#C9DE4E #4EDEAB #634EDE #DE4E81

split-complementary

#C9DE4E #4E81DE #AB4EDE

monochromatic

#84961C #B1C926 #C9DE4E #D9E882 #E8F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C9DE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#C9DE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DE4E

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DE4E	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)

#ECD33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9de4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 222, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.167 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce887',
    500: '#c9de4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9de4e;
$custom-light: #dce887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9de4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85833,
    "c": 0.16687,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DE4E

secondary

#45369A

accent

#3CEB56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DE4E

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