#C9DB56#C9DB56

#C9DB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.157 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB56
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -23.77, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 65.96, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0699 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.157 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0996, 63.7531, 18.4160)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB56 #6856DB

analogous

#DBAA56 #C9DB56 #87DB56

triadic

#C9DB56 #56C9DB #DB56C9

tetradic

#C9DB56 #56DBAA #6856DB #DB5687

square

#C9DB56 #56DBAA #6856DB #DB5687

split-complementary

#C9DB56 #5687DB #AA56DB

monochromatic

#879720 #B4C92B #C9DB56 #D9E688 #E9F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#C9DB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB56

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB56	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.157 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce68b',
    500: '#c9db56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db56;
$custom-light: #dce68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.12,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85247,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB56

secondary

#473A9B

accent

#40E857

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB56

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

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