#C9CA64#C9CA64

#C9CA64 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.125 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CA64
RGB	rgb(201, 202, 100)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 50.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -14.28, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 52.21, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0416 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.125 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5093, 55.5798, 20.2794)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CA64 #6564CA

analogous

#CA9864 #C9CA64 #96CA64

triadic

#C9CA64 #64C9CA #CA64C9

tetradic

#C9CA64 #64CA98 #6564CA #CA6496

square

#C9CA64 #64CA98 #6564CA #CA6496

split-complementary

#C9CA64 #6496CA #9864CA

monochromatic

#85862E #B2B33D #C9CA64 #D9DA92 #E9E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9CA64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#C9CA64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CA64

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CA64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CA64	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ca64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 202, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.125 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda93',
    500: '#c9ca64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ca64;
$custom-light: #dbda93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ca64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.588,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81723,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CA64

secondary

#46458D

accent

#4FD951

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CA64

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

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