#C9CA3C#C9CA3C

#C9CA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.157 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA3C
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 60)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -16.99, 66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 68.87, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0534 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.157 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0251, 54.9861, 12.4630)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA3C #3D3CCA

analogous

#CA843C #C9CA3C #82CA3C

triadic

#C9CA3C #3CC9CA #CA3CC9

tetradic

#C9CA3C #3CCA84 #3D3CCA #CA3C82

square

#C9CA3C #3CCA84 #3D3CCA #CA3C82

split-complementary

#C9CA3C #3C82CA #843CCA

monochromatic

#6D6E1E #9D9E2B #C9CA3C #D6D76C #E4E49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#C9CA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA3C

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA3C	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.157 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd97b',
    500: '#c9ca3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca3c;
$custom-light: #ddd97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81341,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA3C

secondary

#333377

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA3C

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

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