#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
RGBrgb(201, 204, 68)
HSLhsl(61, 57%, 53%)
HSVhsv(61, 67%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(1.5%, 0%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(79.63, -17.57, 64.36)
CIE-LCHlch(79.63, 66.72, 105.27°)
OKLaboklab(81.83% -0.0543 0.1444)
OKLCHoklch(81.83% 0.154 110.6)
XYZxyz(46.7251, 56.0218, 13.8197)
Luminance0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##C9CC441.001.7212.2012.20
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2021.001.001.00
##00000012.2021.001.001.00

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

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#C9CC44 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva