#C9CA2E#C9CA2E

#C9CA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.165 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9CA2E
RGBrgb(201, 202, 46)
HSLhsl(60, 63%, 49%)
HSVhsv(60, 77%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 0%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(78.96, -17.59, 71.24)
CIE-LCHlch(78.96, 73.38, 103.87°)
OKLaboklab(81.26% -0.0563 0.1552)
OKLCHoklch(81.26% 0.165 110)
XYZxyz(45.7028, 54.8572, 10.7653)
Luminance0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9CA2E #2F2ECA
analogous
#CA7D2E #C9CA2E #7BCA2E
triadic
#C9CA2E #2EC9CA #CA2EC9
tetradic
#C9CA2E #2ECA7D #2F2ECA #CA2E7B
square
#C9CA2E #2ECA7D #2F2ECA #CA2E7B
split-complementary
#C9CA2E #2E7BCA #7D2ECA
monochromatic
#666617 #979823 #C9CA2E #D9DA5B #E5E58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#C9CA2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97
#C9CA2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA2E
11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9CA2E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9CA2E1.001.7511.9711.97
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9721.001.001.00
##00000011.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC100
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC63C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8BDAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9ca2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.165 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd974',
    500: '#c9ca2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9ca2e;
$custom-light: #ddd974;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9ca2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.385,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81258,
    "c": 0.16506,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.54856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9CA2E
secondary
#2C2C70
accent
#42E643
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#161409
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9CA2E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva