#C9CC37#C9CC37

#C9CC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.162 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC37
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -18.22, 68.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 71.33, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0573 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.162 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3715, 55.8804, 11.9570)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC37 #3A37CC

analogous

#CC8437 #C9CC37 #7ECC37

triadic

#C9CC37 #37C9CC #CC37C9

tetradic

#C9CC37 #37CC84 #3A37CC #CC377E

square

#C9CC37 #37CC84 #3A37CC #CC377E

split-complementary

#C9CC37 #377ECC #8437CC

monochromatic

#6B6D1C #9B9E28 #C9CC37 #D6D868 #E3E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C9CC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC37

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC37	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.162 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb79',
    500: '#c9cc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc37;
$custom-light: #dddb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.208,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81742,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC37

secondary

#323176

accent

#45E348

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC37

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

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