#C9DB3D#C9DB3D

#C9DB3D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.175 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB3D
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 61)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 72.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -25.24, 70.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 75.23, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0763 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.175 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2625, 63.4182, 14.0071)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB3D #4F3DDB

analogous

#DB9E3D #C9DB3D #7ADB3D

triadic

#C9DB3D #3DC9DB #DB3DC9

tetradic

#C9DB3D #3DDB9E #4F3DDB #DB3D7A

square

#C9DB3D #3DDB9E #4F3DDB #DB3D7A

split-complementary

#C9DB3D #3D7ADB #9E3DDB

monochromatic

#798519 #A7B922 #C9DB3D #D7E571 #E6EEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#C9DB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB3D

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB3D	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.175 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde67d',
    500: '#c9db3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db3d;
$custom-light: #dde67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.835,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85051,
    "c": 0.17454,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB3D

secondary

#3B318B

accent

#3CEC50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB3D

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

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