#C9DB40#C9DB40

#C9DB40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.173 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB40
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 70.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -25.10, 69.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 74.23, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0757 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.173 116)
XYZ	xyz(50.3456, 63.4515, 14.4447)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB40 #5240DB

analogous

#DBA040 #C9DB40 #7BDB40

triadic

#C9DB40 #40C9DB #DB40C9

tetradic

#C9DB40 #40DBA0 #5240DB #DB407B

square

#C9DB40 #40DBA0 #5240DB #DB407B

split-complementary

#C9DB40 #407BDB #A040DB

monochromatic

#7A8719 #A9BB23 #C9DB40 #D8E573 #E6EEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#C9DB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB40

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB40	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)

#EAD024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.173 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde67f',
    500: '#c9db40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db40;
$custom-light: #dde67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.968,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8507,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.63451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB40

secondary

#3D328D

accent

#3DEB51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB40

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

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