#C9CC40#C9CC40

#C9CC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.157 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC40
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -17.78, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 68.20, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0553 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.157 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6072, 55.9746, 13.1985)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC40 #4340CC

analogous

#CC8940 #C9CC40 #83CC40

triadic

#C9CC40 #40C9CC #CC40C9

tetradic

#C9CC40 #40CC89 #4340CC #CC4083

square

#C9CC40 #40CC89 #4340CC #CC4083

split-complementary

#C9CC40 #4083CC #8940CC

monochromatic

#71731F #A1A32C #C9CC40 #D7D970 #E4E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C9CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC40

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC40	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)

#DCC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.157 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb7d',
    500: '#c9cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc40;
$custom-light: #dddb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81802,
    "c": 0.15693,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC40

secondary

#36347C

accent

#47E14A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC40

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

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