#C9CA43#C9CA43

#C9CA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.153 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA43
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 66.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -16.63, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 66.31, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0517 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.153 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2226, 55.0651, 13.5029)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA43 #4443CA

analogous

#CA8743 #C9CA43 #86CA43

triadic

#C9CA43 #43C9CA #CA43C9

tetradic

#C9CA43 #43CA87 #4443CA #CA4386

square

#C9CA43 #43CA87 #4443CA #CA4386

split-complementary

#C9CA43 #4386CA #8743CA

monochromatic

#727220 #A1A22E #C9CA43 #D7D773 #E4E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#C9CA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA43

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA43	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)

#DAC22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.153 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd97f',
    500: '#c9ca43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca43;
$custom-light: #ddd97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81392,
    "c": 0.1529,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA43

secondary

#36367B

accent

#48DF4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA43

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

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