#C9DF45#C9DF45

#C9DF45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.174 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DF45
RGB	rgb(201, 223, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 69.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -26.74, 69.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 74.18, 111.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0798 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.174 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5504, 65.6231, 15.5799)
Luminance	0.6562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DF45 #5B45DF

analogous

#DFA845 #C9DF45 #7CDF45

triadic

#C9DF45 #45C9DF #DF45C9

tetradic

#C9DF45 #45DFA8 #5B45DF #DF457C

square

#C9DF45 #45DFA8 #5B45DF #DF457C

split-complementary

#C9DF45 #457CDF #A845DF

monochromatic

#809119 #AEC522 #C9DF45 #D8E879 #E7F1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C9DF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#C9DF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DF45

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DF45	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9df45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 223, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.174 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde882',
    500: '#c9df45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9df45;
$custom-light: #dde882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9df45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85983,
    "c": 0.17408,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DF45

secondary

#413396

accent

#3AED54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DF45

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

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