#C9CC30#C9CC30

#C9CC30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.166 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC30
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 48)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 76.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -18.51, 71.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 73.51, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0587 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.166 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2154, 55.8179, 11.1352)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC30 #3330CC

analogous

#CC8130 #C9CC30 #7BCC30

triadic

#C9CC30 #30C9CC #CC30C9

tetradic

#C9CC30 #30CC81 #3330CC #CC307B

square

#C9CC30 #30CC81 #3330CC #CC307B

split-complementary

#C9CC30 #307BCC #8130CC

monochromatic

#676919 #989A24 #C9CC30 #D7DA60 #E4E591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9CC30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#C9CC30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC30

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC30	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)

#DEC73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.166 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb75',
    500: '#c9cc30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc30;
$custom-light: #dddb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81702,
    "c": 0.16603,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC30

secondary

#2F2D73

accent

#43E546

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC30

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

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