#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
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -17.27, 68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 70.91, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0548 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.161 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8754, 54.9263, 11.6746)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9CA36	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9CA36

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

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