#C9CA37#C9CA37

#C9CA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.160 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA37
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -17.22, 68.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 70.58, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0546 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.16 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8992, 54.9357, 11.7995)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA37 #3837CA

analogous

#CA8137 #C9CA37 #7FCA37

triadic

#C9CA37 #37C9CA #CA37C9

tetradic

#C9CA37 #37CA81 #3837CA #CA377F

square

#C9CA37 #37CA81 #3837CA #CA377F

split-complementary

#C9CA37 #377FCA #8137CA

monochromatic

#6A6A1C #9A9B29 #C9CA37 #D6D767 #E3E498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#C9CA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA37

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA37	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)

#DAC119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.160 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd978',
    500: '#c9ca37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca37;
$custom-light: #ddd978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81309,
    "c": 0.16039,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA37

secondary

#313174

accent

#46E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA37

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

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