#C9CA44#C9CA44

#C9CA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.152 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA44
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 66.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -16.57, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 65.93, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0515 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.152 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2528, 55.0772, 13.6622)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA44 #4544CA

analogous

#CA8844 #C9CA44 #86CA44

triadic

#C9CA44 #44C9CA #CA44C9

tetradic

#C9CA44 #44CA88 #4544CA #CA4486

square

#C9CA44 #44CA88 #4544CA #CA4486

split-complementary

#C9CA44 #4486CA #8844CA

monochromatic

#727321 #A2A32E #C9CA44 #D7D874 #E5E5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#C9CA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA44

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA44	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.152 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd97f',
    500: '#c9ca44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca44;
$custom-light: #ddd97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.814,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA44

secondary

#37367C

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA44

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

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