#C9CC31#C9CC31

#C9CC31 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 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC31
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 76%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -18.47, 70.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 73.21, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0585 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.166 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2363, 55.8263, 11.2451)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC31 #3431CC

analogous

#CC8131 #C9CC31 #7CCC31

triadic

#C9CC31 #31C9CC #CC31C9

tetradic

#C9CC31 #31CC81 #3431CC #CC317C

square

#C9CC31 #31CC81 #3431CC #CC317C

split-complementary

#C9CC31 #317CCC #8131CC

monochromatic

#686919 #989B25 #C9CC31 #D7D961 #E3E592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9CC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C9CC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC31

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC31	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.166 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb76',
    500: '#c9cc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc31;
$custom-light: #dddb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.161,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81707,
    "c": 0.16553,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC31

secondary

#2F2E73

accent

#43E447

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC31

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

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