#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
RGBrgb(201, 202, 69)
HSLhsl(60, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(60, 66%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 0%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.09, -16.51, 63.43)
CIE-LCHlch(79.09, 65.55, 104.59°)
OKLaboklab(81.41% -0.0512 0.1426)
OKLCHoklch(81.41% 0.152 109.8)
XYZxyz(46.2836, 55.0895, 13.8243)
Luminance0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9CA451.001.7512.0212.02
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0221.001.001.00
##00000012.0221.001.001.00

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

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#C9CA45 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva