#C9DB57#C9DB57

#C9DB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.157 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9DB57
RGBrgb(201, 219, 87)
HSLhsl(68, 65%, 60%)
HSVhsv(68, 60%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(8.2%, 0%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(83.85, -23.70, 61.12)
CIE-LCHlch(83.85, 65.55, 111.19°)
OKLaboklab(85.26% -0.0696 0.1403)
OKLCHoklch(85.26% 0.157 116.4)
XYZxyz(51.1402, 63.7693, 18.6296)
Luminance0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9DB57 #6957DB
analogous
#DBAB57 #C9DB57 #87DB57
triadic
#C9DB57 #57C9DB #DB57C9
tetradic
#C9DB57 #57DBAB #6957DB #DB5787
square
#C9DB57 #57DBAB #6957DB #DB5787
split-complementary
#C9DB57 #5787DB #AB57DB
monochromatic
#879720 #B4CA2B #C9DB57 #D9E689 #E9F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53
#C9DB57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75
#C9DB57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB57
13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9DB57#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9DB571.001.5313.7513.75
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.7521.001.001.00
##00000013.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D048
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D260
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5D0BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9db57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.157 116.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce68c',
    500: '#c9db57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9db57;
$custom-light: #dce68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9db57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85257,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9DB57
secondary
#483B9C
accent
#40E857
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFCF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15150C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9DB57 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva