#C9CA34#C9CA34

#C9CA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.162 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9CA34
RGBrgb(201, 202, 52)
HSLhsl(60, 59%, 50%)
HSVhsv(60, 74%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 0%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(78.99, -17.35, 69.42)
CIE-LCHlch(78.99, 71.56, 104.04°)
OKLaboklab(81.29% -0.0552 0.1523)
OKLCHoklch(81.29% 0.162 109.9)
XYZxyz(45.8294, 54.9078, 11.4323)
Luminance0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9CA34 #3534CA
analogous
#CA8034 #C9CA34 #7ECA34
triadic
#C9CA34 #34C9CA #CA34C9
tetradic
#C9CA34 #34CA80 #3534CA #CA347E
square
#C9CA34 #34CA80 #3534CA #CA347E
split-complementary
#C9CA34 #347ECA #8034CA
monochromatic
#68691B #999927 #C9CA34 #D6D764 #E3E495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#C9CA34 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98
#C9CA34 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA34
11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9CA34#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9CA341.001.7511.9811.98
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9821.001.001.00
##00000011.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC111
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC640
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BDAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9ca34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.162 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd977',
    500: '#c9ca34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9ca34;
$custom-light: #ddd977;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9ca34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.4,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81291,
    "c": 0.16203,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9CA34
secondary
#303073
accent
#46E247
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#161409
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9CA34 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva