#C9CA2D#C9CA2D

#C9CA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.166 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA2D
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -17.63, 71.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 73.67, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0565 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.166 110)
XYZ	xyz(45.6833, 54.8494, 10.6627)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA2D #2E2DCA

analogous

#CA7C2D #C9CA2D #7ACA2D

triadic

#C9CA2D #2DC9CA #CA2DC9

tetradic

#C9CA2D #2DCA7C #2E2DCA #CA2D7A

square

#C9CA2D #2DCA7C #2E2DCA #CA2D7A

split-complementary

#C9CA2D #2D7ACA #7C2DCA

monochromatic

#656617 #979822 #C9CA2D #D9DA5A #E5E58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C9CA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA2D

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA2D	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)

#DCC63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.166 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd974',
    500: '#c9ca2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca2d;
$custom-light: #ddd974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.382,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81253,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.54848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA2D

secondary

#2C2B70

accent

#41E742

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA2D

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

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