#C9CC35#C9CC35

#C9CC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.163 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC35
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -18.30, 69.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 71.97, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0577 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.163 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3245, 55.8616, 11.7096)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC35 #3835CC

analogous

#CC8335 #C9CC35 #7DCC35

triadic

#C9CC35 #35C9CC #CC35C9

tetradic

#C9CC35 #35CC83 #3835CC #CC357D

square

#C9CC35 #35CC83 #3835CC #CC357D

split-complementary

#C9CC35 #357DCC #8335CC

monochromatic

#6A6B1B #9A9C27 #C9CC35 #D6D866 #E3E597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C9CC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C9CC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC35

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC35	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)

#DCC312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.163 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb78',
    500: '#c9cc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc35;
$custom-light: #dddb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.192,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8173,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC35

secondary

#313075

accent

#45E348

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC35

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

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