#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
RGBrgb(201, 219, 86)
HSLhsl(68, 65%, 60%)
HSVhsv(68, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(8.2%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(83.84, -23.77, 61.53)
CIE-LCHlch(83.84, 65.96, 111.12°)
OKLaboklab(85.25% -0.0699 0.141)
OKLCHoklch(85.25% 0.157 116.4)
XYZxyz(51.0996, 63.7531, 18.4160)
Luminance0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9DB561.001.5313.7513.75
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.7521.001.001.00
##00000013.7521.001.001.00

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

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#C9DB56 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva