#C9DB3E#C9DB3E

#C9DB3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.174 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB3E
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 62)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 71.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -25.20, 70.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 74.90, 109.66°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0761 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.174 116)
XYZ	xyz(50.2897, 63.4291, 14.1503)
Luminance	0.6343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB3E #503EDB

analogous

#DB9E3E #C9DB3E #7ADB3E

triadic

#C9DB3E #3EC9DB #DB3EC9

tetradic

#C9DB3E #3EDB9E #503EDB #DB3E7A

square

#C9DB3E #3EDB9E #503EDB #DB3E7A

split-complementary

#C9DB3E #3E7ADB #9E3EDB

monochromatic

#798619 #A8B923 #C9DB3E #D7E572 #E6EEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#C9DB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB3E

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB3E	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.174 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde67e',
    500: '#c9db3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db3e;
$custom-light: #dde67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.879,
    "s": 68.559,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85057,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.63428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB3E

secondary

#3C318C

accent

#3CEB50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB3E

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

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