#C9CA2B#C9CA2B

#C9CA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.166 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA2B
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -17.70, 72.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 74.23, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0569 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.166 110)
XYZ	xyz(45.6457, 54.8344, 10.4647)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA2B #2C2BCA

analogous

#CA7B2B #C9CA2B #7ACA2B

triadic

#C9CA2B #2BC9CA #CA2BC9

tetradic

#C9CA2B #2BCA7B #2C2BCA #CA2B7A

square

#C9CA2B #2BCA7B #2C2BCA #CA2B7A

split-complementary

#C9CA2B #2B7ACA #7B2BCA

monochromatic

#656516 #979820 #C9CA2B #DADB57 #E5E689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C9CA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA2B

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA2B	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	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)

#DCC63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.166 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded973',
    500: '#c9ca2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca2b;
$custom-light: #ded973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.377,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81244,
    "c": 0.16643,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.54833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA2B

secondary

#2A2A6F

accent

#40E841

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA2B

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

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