#C9CA38#C9CA38

#C9CA38 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	#C9CA38
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -17.18, 68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 70.25, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0543 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.16 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9234, 54.9454, 11.9271)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA38 #3938CA

analogous

#CA8238 #C9CA38 #80CA38

triadic

#C9CA38 #38C9CA #CA38C9

tetradic

#C9CA38 #38CA82 #3938CA #CA3880

square

#C9CA38 #38CA82 #3938CA #CA3880

split-complementary

#C9CA38 #3880CA #8238CA

monochromatic

#6B6B1D #9B9B29 #C9CA38 #D6D768 #E3E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#C9CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA38

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA38	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)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.160 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd979',
    500: '#c9ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca38;
$custom-light: #ddd979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.411,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81315,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA38

secondary

#323175

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA38

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

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