#C9CC3D#C9CC3D

#C9CC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.159 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC3D
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -17.94, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 69.28, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.056 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.159 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5241, 55.9414, 12.7610)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC3D #403DCC

analogous

#CC883D #C9CC3D #81CC3D

triadic

#C9CC3D #3DC9CC #CC3DC9

tetradic

#C9CC3D #3DCC88 #403DCC #CC3D81

square

#C9CC3D #3DCC88 #403DCC #CC3D81

split-complementary

#C9CC3D #3D81CC #883DCC

monochromatic

#6F711E #9FA12A #C9CC3D #D6D96D #E4E59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C9CC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC3D

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC3D	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.159 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb7c',
    500: '#c9cc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc3d;
$custom-light: #dddb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.259,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81781,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC3D

secondary

#35337A

accent

#46E249

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC3D

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

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