#C9CA36#C9CA36

#C9CA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.161 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9CA36
RGBrgb(201, 202, 54)
HSLhsl(60, 58%, 50%)
HSVhsv(60, 73%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.00, -17.27, 68.78)
CIE-LCHlch(79.00, 70.91, 104.09°)
OKLaboklab(81.3% -0.0548 0.1513)
OKLCHoklch(81.3% 0.161 109.9)
XYZxyz(45.8754, 54.9263, 11.6746)
Luminance0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9CA36 #3736CA
analogous
#CA8136 #C9CA36 #7FCA36
triadic
#C9CA36 #36C9CA #CA36C9
tetradic
#C9CA36 #36CA81 #3736CA #CA367F
square
#C9CA36 #36CA81 #3736CA #CA367F
split-complementary
#C9CA36 #367FCA #8136CA
monochromatic
#696A1C #999A29 #C9CA36 #D6D766 #E3E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#C9CA36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99
#C9CA36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA36
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9CA36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9CA361.001.7511.9911.99
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9921.001.001.00
##00000011.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC116
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC642
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BDAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9ca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.161 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd978',
    500: '#c9ca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9ca36;
$custom-light: #ddd978;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9ca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.405,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81303,
    "c": 0.16094,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9CA36
secondary
#313174
accent
#46E147
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9CA36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva