#C9CA31#C9CA31

#C9CA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.164 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA31
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -17.48, 70.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 72.49, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0558 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.164 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7640, 54.8817, 11.0877)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA31 #3231CA

analogous

#CA7F31 #C9CA31 #7DCA31

triadic

#C9CA31 #31C9CA #CA31C9

tetradic

#C9CA31 #31CA7F #3231CA #CA317D

square

#C9CA31 #31CA7F #3231CA #CA317D

split-complementary

#C9CA31 #317DCA #7F31CA

monochromatic

#676719 #989925 #C9CA31 #D8D860 #E4E491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#C9CA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA31

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA31	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.164 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd976',
    500: '#c9ca31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca31;
$custom-light: #ddd976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81274,
    "c": 0.16359,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA31

secondary

#2E2E72

accent

#44E445

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA31

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

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