#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
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 69)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 68.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -24.83, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 72.49, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0745 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.17 116)
XYZ	xyz(50.4943, 63.5109, 15.2279)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9DB45	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →