#C9CC44#C9CC44

#C9CC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.154 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC44
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -17.57, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 66.72, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0543 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.154 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7251, 56.0218, 13.8197)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC44 #4744CC

analogous

#CC8B44 #C9CC44 #85CC44

triadic

#C9CC44 #44C9CC #CC44C9

tetradic

#C9CC44 #44CC8B #4744CC #CC4485

square

#C9CC44 #44CC8B #4744CC #CC4485

split-complementary

#C9CC44 #4485CC #8B44CC

monochromatic

#747620 #A3A62D #C9CC44 #D7D974 #E5E6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#C9CC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC44

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC44	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)

#DCC330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.154 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb7f',
    500: '#c9cc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc44;
$custom-light: #dddb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81832,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC44

secondary

#38367E

accent

#47E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC44

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

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