#C9CA3A#C9CA3A

#C9CA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.159 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA3A
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -17.09, 67.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 69.57, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0539 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.159 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9733, 54.9654, 12.1898)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA3A #3B3ACA

analogous

#CA833A #C9CA3A #81CA3A

triadic

#C9CA3A #3AC9CA #CA3AC9

tetradic

#C9CA3A #3ACA83 #3B3ACA #CA3A81

square

#C9CA3A #3ACA83 #3B3ACA #CA3A81

split-complementary

#C9CA3A #3A81CA #833ACA

monochromatic

#6C6C1D #9C9D2A #C9CA3A #D6D76A #E3E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#C9CA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA3A

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA3A	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)

#DAC11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.159 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd97a',
    500: '#c9ca3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca3a;
$custom-light: #ddd97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81328,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA3A

secondary

#333276

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA3A

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

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