#C9CC2D#C9CC2D

#C9CC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.167 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC2D
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 45)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -18.62, 72.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 74.38, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0593 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.167 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1556, 55.7940, 10.8201)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC2D #302DCC

analogous

#CC802D #C9CC2D #7ACC2D

triadic

#C9CC2D #2DC9CC #CC2DC9

tetradic

#C9CC2D #2DCC80 #302DCC #CC2D7A

square

#C9CC2D #2DCC80 #302DCC #CC2D7A

split-complementary

#C9CC2D #2D7ACC #802DCC

monochromatic

#666817 #989A22 #C9CC2D #D8DB5B #E4E68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9CC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#C9CC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC2D

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC2D	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.167 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb74',
    500: '#c9cc2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc2d;
$custom-light: #dddb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81687,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC2D

secondary

#2D2B72

accent

#41E744

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC2D

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

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