#C9DB45#C9DB45

#C9DB45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.170 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9DB45
RGBrgb(201, 219, 69)
HSLhsl(67, 68%, 56%)
HSVhsv(67, 68%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(8.2%, 0%, 68.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(83.71, -24.83, 68.10)
CIE-LCHlch(83.71, 72.49, 110.03°)
OKLaboklab(85.11% -0.0745 0.1524)
OKLCHoklch(85.11% 0.17 116)
XYZxyz(50.4943, 63.5109, 15.2279)
Luminance0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9DB45 #5745DB
analogous
#DBA245 #C9DB45 #7EDB45
triadic
#C9DB45 #45C9DB #DB45C9
tetradic
#C9DB45 #45DBA2 #5745DB #DB457E
square
#C9DB45 #45DBA2 #5745DB #DB457E
split-complementary
#C9DB45 #457EDB #A245DB
monochromatic
#7D8B1B #ACBE25 #C9DB45 #D8E578 #E7EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53
#C9DB45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70
#C9DB45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB45
13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9DB45#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9DB451.001.5313.7013.70
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.7021.001.001.00
##00000013.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EAD02D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D250
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5CFBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9db45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.170 116.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde681',
    500: '#c9db45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9db45;
$custom-light: #dde681;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9db45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85105,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.6351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9DB45
secondary
#3F3491
accent
#3DEA52
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150B
muted
#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB45

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#C9DB45 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva