#C9CC42#C9CC42

#C9CC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.156 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC42
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -17.68, 65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 67.47, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0548 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.156 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6651, 55.9978, 13.5037)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC42 #4542CC

analogous

#CC8A42 #C9CC42 #84CC42

triadic

#C9CC42 #42C9CC #CC42C9

tetradic

#C9CC42 #42CC8A #4542CC #CC4284

square

#C9CC42 #42CC8A #4542CC #CC4284

split-complementary

#C9CC42 #4284CC #8A42CC

monochromatic

#72741F #A2A42C #C9CC42 #D7D972 #E5E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#C9CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC42

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC42	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.156 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb7e',
    500: '#c9cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc42;
$custom-light: #dddb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81817,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC42

secondary

#37357D

accent

#47E14A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC42

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

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