#C9CA47#C9CA47

#C9CA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.150 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA47
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -16.40, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 64.77, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0507 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.15 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3467, 55.1148, 14.1568)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA47 #4847CA

analogous

#CA8947 #C9CA47 #87CA47

triadic

#C9CA47 #47C9CA #CA47C9

tetradic

#C9CA47 #47CA89 #4847CA #CA4787

square

#C9CA47 #47CA89 #4847CA #CA4787

split-complementary

#C9CA47 #4787CA #8947CA

monochromatic

#747522 #A4A42F #C9CA47 #D7D877 #E5E5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#C9CA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA47

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA47	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)

#DAC235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.150 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd981',
    500: '#c9ca47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca47;
$custom-light: #ddd981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81424,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA47

secondary

#38387E

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA47

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

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