#C9CC36#C9CC36

#C9CC36 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	#C9CC36
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -18.26, 69.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 71.65, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0575 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.163 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3477, 55.8709, 11.8320)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC36 #3936CC

analogous

#CC8436 #C9CC36 #7ECC36

triadic

#C9CC36 #36C9CC #CC36C9

tetradic

#C9CC36 #36CC84 #3936CC #CC367E

square

#C9CC36 #36CC84 #3936CC #CC367E

split-complementary

#C9CC36 #367ECC #8436CC

monochromatic

#6B6C1B #9B9D28 #C9CC36 #D6D867 #E3E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C9CC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC36

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC36	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	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)

#DCC315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.163 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb78',
    500: '#c9cc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc36;
$custom-light: #dddb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81736,
    "c": 0.16291,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC36

secondary

#323076

accent

#45E348

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC36

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

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