#C9DA56#C9DA56

#C9DA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.156 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DA56
RGB	rgb(201, 218, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -23.28, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 65.51, 110.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0685 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.156 116)
XYZ	xyz(50.8395, 63.2329, 18.3293)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DA56 #6756DA

analogous

#DAA956 #C9DA56 #87DA56

triadic

#C9DA56 #56C9DA #DA56C9

tetradic

#C9DA56 #56DAA9 #6756DA #DA5687

square

#C9DA56 #56DAA9 #6756DA #DA5687

split-complementary

#C9DA56 #5687DA #A956DA

monochromatic

#869521 #B3C72C #C9DA56 #D9E588 #E9F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C9DA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#C9DA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DA56

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DA56	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9da56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 218, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.156 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce58b',
    500: '#c9da56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9da56;
$custom-light: #dce58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9da56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.727,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85029,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.63232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DA56

secondary

#473B9A

accent

#41E756

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DA56

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

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