#C9DB49#C9DB49

#C9DB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.167 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB49
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -24.61, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 71.03, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0735 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.167 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6227, 63.5623, 15.9040)
Luminance	0.6356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB49 #5B49DB

analogous

#DBA449 #C9DB49 #80DB49

triadic

#C9DB49 #49C9DB #DB49C9

tetradic

#C9DB49 #49DBA4 #5B49DB #DB4980

square

#C9DB49 #49DBA4 #5B49DB #DB4980

split-complementary

#C9DB49 #4980DB #A449DB

monochromatic

#808E1C #AEC126 #C9DB49 #D8E57C #E7EFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#C9DB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB49

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB49	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.167 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde684',
    500: '#c9db49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db49;
$custom-light: #dde684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.397,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85135,
    "c": 0.16699,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB49

secondary

#413593

accent

#3EEA53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB49

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

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