#C9DB51#C9DB51

#C9DB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.161 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB51
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -24.11, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 67.97, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0713 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.161 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9052, 63.6753, 17.3919)
Luminance	0.6368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB51 #6351DB

analogous

#DBA851 #C9DB51 #84DB51

triadic

#C9DB51 #51C9DB #DB51C9

tetradic

#C9DB51 #51DBA8 #6351DB #DB5184

square

#C9DB51 #51DBA8 #6351DB #DB5184

split-complementary

#C9DB51 #5184DB #A851DB

monochromatic

#84931E #B1C629 #C9DB51 #D9E584 #E8F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#C9DB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB51

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB51	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.161 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce688',
    500: '#c9db51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db51;
$custom-light: #dce688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85201,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB51

secondary

#453898

accent

#3FE955

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB51

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

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