#C9DB36#C9DB36

#C9DB36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.178 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB36
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.63, -25.56, 73.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.63, 77.43, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0778 0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.178 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0861, 63.3477, 13.0781)
Luminance	0.6335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB36 #4836DB

analogous

#DB9A36 #C9DB36 #77DB36

triadic

#C9DB36 #36C9DB #DB36C9

tetradic

#C9DB36 #36DB9A #4836DB #DB3677

square

#C9DB36 #36DB9A #4836DB #DB3677

split-complementary

#C9DB36 #3677DB #9A36DB

monochromatic

#748017 #A4B420 #C9DB36 #D7E46A #E5EE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C9DB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#C9DB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB36

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB36	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.178 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde67a',
    500: '#c9db36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db36;
$custom-light: #dde67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.545,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85009,
    "c": 0.17833,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB36

secondary

#382E87

accent

#3BEC4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB36

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

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