#C9DCBD#C9DCBD

#C9DCBD is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.047 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9DCBD
RGB	rgb(201, 220, 189)
HSL	hsl(97, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(97, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 14.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -11.93, 13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 17.72, 132.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0319 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.047 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8643, 67.2776, 58.0189)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9DCBD #D0BDDC

analogous

#D8DCBD #C9DCBD #BDDCC0

triadic

#C9DCBD #BDC9DC #DCBDC9

tetradic

#C9DCBD #BDD8DC #D0BDDC #DCC0BD

square

#C9DCBD #BDD8DC #D0BDDC #DCC0BD

split-complementary

#C9DCBD #C0BDDC #DCBDD8

monochromatic

#88B26D #A8C795 #C9DCBD #EAF1E5 #EFF4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C9DCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#C9DCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9DCBD

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9DCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9DCBD	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAD9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9dcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 220, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.047 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e6d1',
    500: '#c9dcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9dcbd;
$custom-light: #d9e6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9dcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.774,
    "s": 30.693,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87191,
    "c": 0.04654,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9DCBD

secondary

#A38AB3

accent

#3CA97F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141614

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9DCBD

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

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