#C9CA2C#C9CA2C

#C9CA2C 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	#C9CA2C
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -17.66, 71.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 73.95, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0567 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.166 110)
XYZ	xyz(45.6643, 54.8418, 10.5625)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA2C #2D2CCA

analogous

#CA7C2C #C9CA2C #7ACA2C

triadic

#C9CA2C #2CC9CA #CA2CC9

tetradic

#C9CA2C #2CCA7C #2D2CCA #CA2C7A

square

#C9CA2C #2CCA7C #2D2CCA #CA2C7A

split-complementary

#C9CA2C #2C7ACA #7C2CCA

monochromatic

#656516 #979821 #C9CA2C #DADB58 #E5E68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C9CA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA2C

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA2C	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: #c9ca2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.166 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded974',
    500: '#c9ca2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca2c;
$custom-light: #ded974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.38,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81248,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.5484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA2C

secondary

#2B2A70

accent

#41E742

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA2C

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

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