#C9CA4E#C9CA4E

#C9CA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.145 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA4E
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -15.96, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 61.94, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0487 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.145 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5845, 55.2099, 15.4089)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA4E #4F4ECA

analogous

#CA8D4E #C9CA4E #8BCA4E

triadic

#C9CA4E #4EC9CA #CA4EC9

tetradic

#C9CA4E #4ECA8D #4F4ECA #CA4E8B

square

#C9CA4E #4ECA8D #4F4ECA #CA4E8B

split-complementary

#C9CA4E #4E8BCA #8D4ECA

monochromatic

#797924 #A7A832 #C9CA4E #D7D87D #E6E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C9CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA4E

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA4E	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)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.145 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd985',
    500: '#c9ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca4e;
$custom-light: #dcd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81485,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA4E

secondary

#3B3B82

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA4E

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

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