#C9DB4E#C9DB4E

#C9DB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.163 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB4E
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 78)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 64.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -24.30, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 69.14, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0722 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.163 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7952, 63.6313, 16.8125)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB4E #604EDB

analogous

#DBA74E #C9DB4E #82DB4E

triadic

#C9DB4E #4EC9DB #DB4EC9

tetradic

#C9DB4E #4EDBA7 #604EDB #DB4E82

square

#C9DB4E #4EDBA7 #604EDB #DB4E82

split-complementary

#C9DB4E #4E82DB #A74EDB

monochromatic

#82911E #B0C428 #C9DB4E #D9E581 #E8F0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#C9DB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB4E

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB4E	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.163 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce686',
    500: '#c9db4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db4e;
$custom-light: #dce686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85176,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB4E

secondary

#433796

accent

#3FE954

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB4E

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

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