#C9CC4D#C9CC4D

#C9CC4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.148 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC4D
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 77)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -17.02, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 63.17, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0518 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.148 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0212, 56.1402, 15.3789)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC4D #504DCC

analogous

#CC8F4D #C9CC4D #8ACC4D

triadic

#C9CC4D #4DC9CC #CC4DC9

tetradic

#C9CC4D #4DCC8F #504DCC #CC4D8A

square

#C9CC4D #4DCC8F #504DCC #CC4D8A

split-complementary

#C9CC4D #4D8ACC #8F4DCC

monochromatic

#797B23 #A8AB31 #C9CC4D #D7DA7D #E6E7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C9CC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC4D

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC4D	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)

#DBC43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.148 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb85',
    500: '#c9cc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc4d;
$custom-light: #dcdb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81907,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC4D

secondary

#3C3A83

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC4D

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

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