#C9CC43#C9CC43

#C9CC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.155 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC43
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 67)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -17.62, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 67.09, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0545 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.155 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6949, 56.0097, 13.6603)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC43 #4643CC

analogous

#CC8A43 #C9CC43 #84CC43

triadic

#C9CC43 #43C9CC #CC43C9

tetradic

#C9CC43 #43CC8A #4643CC #CC4384

square

#C9CC43 #43CC8A #4643CC #CC4384

split-complementary

#C9CC43 #4384CC #8A43CC

monochromatic

#737520 #A2A52D #C9CC43 #D7D973 #E5E6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#C9CC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC43

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC43	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)

#DCC32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.155 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb7f',
    500: '#c9cc43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc43;
$custom-light: #dddb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81824,
    "c": 0.15494,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC43

secondary

#37367E

accent

#47E14B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC43

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

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