#C9CA45#C9CA45

#C9CA45 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	#C9CA45
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -16.51, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 65.55, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0512 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.152 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2836, 55.0895, 13.8243)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA45 #4645CA

analogous

#CA8845 #C9CA45 #86CA45

triadic

#C9CA45 #45C9CA #CA45C9

tetradic

#C9CA45 #45CA88 #4645CA #CA4586

square

#C9CA45 #45CA88 #4645CA #CA4586

split-complementary

#C9CA45 #4586CA #8845CA

monochromatic

#737421 #A2A32F #C9CA45 #D7D875 #E5E5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#C9CA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA45

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA45	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)

#DAC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.152 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd980',
    500: '#c9ca45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca45;
$custom-light: #ddd980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81408,
    "c": 0.15151,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA45

secondary

#37377D

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA45

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

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