#C9DB4A#C9DB4A

#C9DB4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.166 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB4A
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 74)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 66.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -24.55, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 70.66, 110.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0732 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.166 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6561, 63.5757, 16.0800)
Luminance	0.6358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB4A #5C4ADB

analogous

#DBA44A #C9DB4A #81DB4A

triadic

#C9DB4A #4AC9DB #DB4AC9

tetradic

#C9DB4A #4ADBA4 #5C4ADB #DB4A81

square

#C9DB4A #4ADBA4 #5C4ADB #DB4A81

split-complementary

#C9DB4A #4A81DB #A44ADB

monochromatic

#808E1C #AEC126 #C9DB4A #D8E57D #E7EFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#C9DB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB4A

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB4A	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.166 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde684',
    500: '#c9db4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db4a;
$custom-light: #dde684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.448,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85143,
    "c": 0.1663,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB4A

secondary

#413694

accent

#3EEA53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB4A

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

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