#C9CC38#C9CC38

#C9CC38 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	#C9CC38
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -18.17, 68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 70.99, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0571 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.162 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3957, 55.8900, 12.0845)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC38 #3B38CC

analogous

#CC8538 #C9CC38 #7FCC38

triadic

#C9CC38 #38C9CC #CC38C9

tetradic

#C9CC38 #38CC85 #3B38CC #CC387F

square

#C9CC38 #38CC85 #3B38CC #CC387F

split-complementary

#C9CC38 #387FCC #8538CC

monochromatic

#6C6E1C #9C9E29 #C9CC38 #D6D869 #E3E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C9CC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC38

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC38	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)

#DCC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.162 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb79',
    500: '#c9cc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc38;
$custom-light: #dddb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.216,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81748,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC38

secondary

#333177

accent

#45E249

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC38

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

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