#C9CC4C#C9CC4C

#C9CC4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.148 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC4C
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 76)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 62.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -17.09, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 63.58, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0521 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.148 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9862, 56.1262, 15.1944)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC4C #4F4CCC

analogous

#CC8F4C #C9CC4C #89CC4C

triadic

#C9CC4C #4CC9CC #CC4CC9

tetradic

#C9CC4C #4CCC8F #4F4CCC #CC4C89

square

#C9CC4C #4CCC8F #4F4CCC #CC4C89

split-complementary

#C9CC4C #4C89CC #8F4CCC

monochromatic

#797B23 #A7AA31 #C9CC4C #D7DA7C #E6E7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C9CC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC4C

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC4C	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.148 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb84',
    500: '#c9cc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc4c;
$custom-light: #dcdb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.406,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81898,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC4C

secondary

#3B3983

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC4C

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

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