#C9DA59#C9DA59

#C9DA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.154 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DA59
RGB	rgb(201, 218, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -23.07, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 64.27, 111.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0676 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.154 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9630, 63.2822, 18.9792)
Luminance	0.6328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DA59 #6A59DA

analogous

#DAAA59 #C9DA59 #88DA59

triadic

#C9DA59 #59C9DA #DA59C9

tetradic

#C9DA59 #59DAAA #6A59DA #DA5988

square

#C9DA59 #59DAAA #6A59DA #DA5988

split-complementary

#C9DA59 #5988DA #AA59DA

monochromatic

#879722 #B4C92D #C9DA59 #D9E58B #EAF0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C9DA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#C9DA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DA59

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DA59	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9da59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 218, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.154 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce58d',
    500: '#c9da59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9da59;
$custom-light: #dce58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9da59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.907,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85058,
    "c": 0.15377,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DA59

secondary

#483C9B

accent

#1ACB32

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DA59

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

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