#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
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 74.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -17.35, 69.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 71.56, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0552 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.162 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8294, 54.9078, 11.4323)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9CA34	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)

#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

Preview with #C9CA34

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

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