#C9CA2A#C9CA2A

#C9CA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.167 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA2A
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -17.73, 72.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 74.50, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.057 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.167 110)
XYZ	xyz(45.6276, 54.8271, 10.3692)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA2A #2B2ACA

analogous

#CA7B2A #C9CA2A #79CA2A

triadic

#C9CA2A #2AC9CA #CA2AC9

tetradic

#C9CA2A #2ACA7B #2B2ACA #CA2A79

square

#C9CA2A #2ACA7B #2B2ACA #CA2A79

split-complementary

#C9CA2A #2A79CA #7B2ACA

monochromatic

#646515 #97971F #C9CA2A #DBDC55 #E6E688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C9CA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C9CA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA2A

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA2A	1.00	1.76	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.167 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded973',
    500: '#c9ca2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca2a;
$custom-light: #ded973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.375,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81239,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.54826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA2A

secondary

#2A296F

accent

#3FE940

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA2A

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

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