#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
RGBrgb(201, 202, 58)
HSLhsl(60, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.02, -17.09, 67.44)
CIE-LCHlch(79.02, 69.57, 104.22°)
OKLaboklab(81.33% -0.0539 0.1492)
OKLCHoklch(81.33% 0.159 109.9)
XYZxyz(45.9733, 54.9654, 12.1898)
Luminance0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9CA3A1.001.7511.9911.99
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9921.001.001.00
##00000011.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#C9CA3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva