#C9CC3E#C9CC3E

#C9CC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.158 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC3E
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -17.89, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 68.93, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0558 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.158 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5513, 55.9523, 12.9042)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC3E #413ECC

analogous

#CC883E #C9CC3E #82CC3E

triadic

#C9CC3E #3EC9CC #CC3EC9

tetradic

#C9CC3E #3ECC88 #413ECC #CC3E82

square

#C9CC3E #3ECC88 #413ECC #CC3E82

split-complementary

#C9CC3E #3E82CC #883ECC

monochromatic

#70721E #9FA22B #C9CC3E #D7D96E #E4E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C9CC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC3E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC3E	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)

#DCC326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.158 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb7c',
    500: '#c9cc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc3e;
$custom-light: #dddb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.268,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81788,
    "c": 0.1582,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC3E

secondary

#35347B

accent

#46E14A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC3E

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

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