#C9CA40#C9CA40

#C9CA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.155 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA40
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -16.79, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 67.43, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0525 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.155 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1349, 55.0300, 13.0411)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA40 #4140CA

analogous

#CA8640 #C9CA40 #84CA40

triadic

#C9CA40 #40C9CA #CA40C9

tetradic

#C9CA40 #40CA86 #4140CA #CA4084

square

#C9CA40 #40CA86 #4140CA #CA4084

split-complementary

#C9CA40 #4084CA #8640CA

monochromatic

#70701F #9FA02C #C9CA40 #D7D770 #E4E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#C9CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA40

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA40	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.155 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd97d',
    500: '#c9ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca40;
$custom-light: #ddd97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8137,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA40

secondary

#35357A

accent

#48E049

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA40

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

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