#C9DB59#C9DB59

#C9DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.155 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DB59
RGB	rgb(201, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -23.55, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 64.72, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.069 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.155 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2231, 63.8024, 19.0659)
Luminance	0.6380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DB59 #6B59DB

analogous

#DBAC59 #C9DB59 #88DB59

triadic

#C9DB59 #59C9DB #DB59C9

tetradic

#C9DB59 #59DBAC #6B59DB #DB5988

square

#C9DB59 #59DBAC #6B59DB #DB5988

split-complementary

#C9DB59 #5988DB #AC59DB

monochromatic

#889921 #B5CB2C #C9DB59 #D9E68B #EAF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C9DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#C9DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DB59

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DB59	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.155 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce68d',
    500: '#c9db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9db59;
$custom-light: #dce68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.308,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85276,
    "c": 0.15495,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DB59

secondary

#493B9D

accent

#19CC32

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DB59

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

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