#C9CA19#C9CA19

#C9CA19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.173 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA19
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 25)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 87.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -18.18, 76.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 78.32, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0593 0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.173 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3852, 54.7302, 9.0928)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA19 #1A19CA

analogous

#CA7319 #C9CA19 #71CA19

triadic

#C9CA19 #19C9CA #CA19C9

tetradic

#C9CA19 #19CA73 #1A19CA #CA1971

square

#C9CA19 #19CA73 #1A19CA #CA1971

split-complementary

#C9CA19 #1971CA #7319CA

monochromatic

#5D5D0C #939412 #C9CA19 #E6E73A #EDED70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C9CA19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#C9CA19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA19

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA19	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.173 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded96d',
    500: '#c9ca19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca19;
$custom-light: #ded96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.339,
    "s": 77.974,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81176,
    "c": 0.17284,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA19

secondary

#1F1F68

accent

#33F434

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA19

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

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