#C9DF4E#C9DF4E

#C9DF4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.168 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DF4E
RGB	rgb(201, 223, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 65%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -26.22, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 70.89, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0775 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.168 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8513, 65.7435, 17.1645)
Luminance	0.6574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DF4E #644EDF

analogous

#DFAC4E #C9DF4E #81DF4E

triadic

#C9DF4E #4EC9DF #DF4EC9

tetradic

#C9DF4E #4EDFAC #644EDF #DF4E81

square

#C9DF4E #4EDFAC #644EDF #DF4E81

split-complementary

#C9DF4E #4E81DF #AC4EDF

monochromatic

#84971B #B2CB25 #C9DF4E #D9E882 #E9F2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C9DF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#C9DF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DF4E

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DF4E	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)

#EDD33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9df4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 223, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.168 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde887',
    500: '#c9df4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9df4e;
$custom-light: #dde887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9df4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.103,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86052,
    "c": 0.16801,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DF4E

secondary

#45369B

accent

#3CEC56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DF4E

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