#C9DB46#C9DB46

#C9DB46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.169 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB46
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 70)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 68%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -24.78, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 72.13, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0742 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.169 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5256, 63.5235, 15.3928)
Luminance	0.6352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB46 #5846DB

analogous

#DBA246 #C9DB46 #7FDB46

triadic

#C9DB46 #46C9DB #DB46C9

tetradic

#C9DB46 #46DBA2 #5846DB #DB467F

square

#C9DB46 #46DBA2 #5846DB #DB467F

split-complementary

#C9DB46 #467FDB #A246DB

monochromatic

#7E8B1B #ACBF25 #C9DB46 #D8E579 #E7EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#C9DB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB46

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB46	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)

#EAD02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.169 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde682',
    500: '#c9db46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db46;
$custom-light: #dde682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.248,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85112,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB46

secondary

#3F3491

accent

#3DEA52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB46

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

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