#C9CC45#C9CC45

#C9CC45 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 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC45
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -17.51, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 66.34, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.054 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.154 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7559, 56.0341, 13.9818)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC45 #4845CC

analogous

#CC8B45 #C9CC45 #85CC45

triadic

#C9CC45 #45C9CC #CC45C9

tetradic

#C9CC45 #45CC8B #4845CC #CC4585

square

#C9CC45 #45CC8B #4845CC #CC4585

split-complementary

#C9CC45 #4585CC #8B45CC

monochromatic

#747620 #A4A62E #C9CC45 #D7D975 #E5E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C9CC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC45

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC45	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.154 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb80',
    500: '#c9cc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc45;
$custom-light: #dddb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8184,
    "c": 0.15357,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC45

secondary

#38367F

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC45

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

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