#C9CA4C#C9CA4C

#C9CA4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.146 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA4C
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 76)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -16.09, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 62.76, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0493 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.146 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5139, 55.1816, 15.0370)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA4C #4D4CCA

analogous

#CA8C4C #C9CA4C #8ACA4C

triadic

#C9CA4C #4CC9CA #CA4CC9

tetradic

#C9CA4C #4CCA8C #4D4CCA #CA4C8A

square

#C9CA4C #4CCA8C #4D4CCA #CA4C8A

split-complementary

#C9CA4C #4C8ACA #8C4CCA

monochromatic

#777824 #A6A732 #C9CA4C #D7D87B #E5E6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CA4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C9CA4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA4C

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA4C	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.146 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd984',
    500: '#c9ca4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca4c;
$custom-light: #dcd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.476,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81467,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA4C

secondary

#3A3A80

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA4C

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

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