#C9CA4F#C9CA4F

#C9CA4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.144 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA4F
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -15.90, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 61.52, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0484 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.144 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6206, 55.2243, 15.5991)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA4F #504FCA

analogous

#CA8E4F #C9CA4F #8BCA4F

triadic

#C9CA4F #4FC9CA #CA4FC9

tetradic

#C9CA4F #4FCA8E #504FCA #CA4F8B

square

#C9CA4F #4FCA8E #504FCA #CA4F8B

split-complementary

#C9CA4F #4F8BCA #8E4FCA

monochromatic

#797A25 #A8A933 #C9CA4F #D7D87E #E6E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C9CA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C9CA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA4F

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA4F	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)

#D9C240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.144 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd986',
    500: '#c9ca4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca4f;
$custom-light: #dcd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81495,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA4F

secondary

#3C3B82

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA4F

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

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