#C9DB53#C9DB53

#C9DB53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.160 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB53
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 83)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -23.97, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 67.17, 110.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.0707 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.16 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9813, 63.7057, 17.7927)
Luminance	0.6371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB53 #6553DB

analogous

#DBA953 #C9DB53 #85DB53

triadic

#C9DB53 #53C9DB #DB53C9

tetradic

#C9DB53 #53DBA9 #6553DB #DB5385

square

#C9DB53 #53DBA9 #6553DB #DB5385

split-complementary

#C9DB53 #5385DB #A953DB

monochromatic

#85951F #B2C72A #C9DB53 #D9E686 #E9F0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#C9DB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB53

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB53	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)

#E9D042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.160 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce689',
    500: '#c9db53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db53;
$custom-light: #dce689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.941,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85219,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB53

secondary

#463999

accent

#3FE856

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB53

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

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