#C9CC47#C9CC47

#C9CC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.152 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC47
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 65.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -17.39, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 65.56, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0535 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.152 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8190, 56.0594, 14.3143)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC47 #4A47CC

analogous

#CC8D47 #C9CC47 #87CC47

triadic

#C9CC47 #47C9CC #CC47C9

tetradic

#C9CC47 #47CC8D #4A47CC #CC4787

square

#C9CC47 #47CC8D #4A47CC #CC4787

split-complementary

#C9CC47 #4787CC #8D47CC

monochromatic

#767721 #A5A72E #C9CC47 #D7D977 #E5E7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C9CC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC47

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC47	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)

#DBC334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.152 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb81',
    500: '#c9cc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc47;
$custom-light: #dddb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81856,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC47

secondary

#393780

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC47

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

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