#C9CA2F#C9CA2F

#C9CA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.165 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA2F
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 76.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -17.55, 70.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 73.09, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0561 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.165 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7227, 54.8652, 10.8703)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA2F #302FCA

analogous

#CA7E2F #C9CA2F #7CCA2F

triadic

#C9CA2F #2FC9CA #CA2FC9

tetradic

#C9CA2F #2FCA7E #302FCA #CA2F7C

square

#C9CA2F #2FCA7E #302FCA #CA2F7C

split-complementary

#C9CA2F #2F7CCA #7E2FCA

monochromatic

#666718 #989823 #C9CA2F #D8D95D #E4E58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C9CA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA2F

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA2F	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)

#DCC63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.165 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd975',
    500: '#c9ca2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca2f;
$custom-light: #ddd975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.387,
    "s": 62.249,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81264,
    "c": 0.16457,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA2F

secondary

#2D2C71

accent

#42E544

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA2F

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

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