#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
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -17.59, 71.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 73.38, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0563 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.165 110)
XYZ	xyz(45.7028, 54.8572, 10.7653)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9CA2E	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)

#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

Preview with #C9CA2E

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

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