#C9DF4D#C9DF4D

#C9DF4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.169 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DF4D
RGB	rgb(201, 223, 77)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 65.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -26.28, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 71.27, 111.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.0778 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.169 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8157, 65.7292, 16.9771)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DF4D #634DDF

analogous

#DFAC4D #C9DF4D #80DF4D

triadic

#C9DF4D #4DC9DF #DF4DC9

tetradic

#C9DF4D #4DDFAC #634DDF #DF4D80

square

#C9DF4D #4DDFAC #634DDF #DF4D80

split-complementary

#C9DF4D #4D80DF #AC4DDF

monochromatic

#84971B #B1CA24 #C9DF4D #D9E881 #E8F2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C9DF4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#C9DF4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DF4D

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DF4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DF4D	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9df4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 223, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.169 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde886',
    500: '#c9df4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9df4d;
$custom-light: #dde886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9df4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.041,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86044,
    "c": 0.16872,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DF4D

secondary

#45359B

accent

#3BEC56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DF4D

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

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