#C9CA49#C9CA49

#C9CA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.149 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA49
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -16.28, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 63.98, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0501 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.149 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4120, 55.1409, 14.5004)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA49 #4A49CA

analogous

#CA8B49 #C9CA49 #89CA49

triadic

#C9CA49 #49C9CA #CA49C9

tetradic

#C9CA49 #49CA8B #4A49CA #CA4989

square

#C9CA49 #49CA8B #4A49CA #CA4989

split-complementary

#C9CA49 #4989CA #8B49CA

monochromatic

#767622 #A5A630 #C9CA49 #D7D878 #E5E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C9CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#C9CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA49

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA49	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.149 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd982',
    500: '#c9ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca49;
$custom-light: #dcd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81441,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA49

secondary

#39387F

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA49

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

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