#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
RGBrgb(201, 204, 77)
HSLhsl(61, 55%, 55%)
HSVhsv(61, 62%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(1.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(79.69, -17.02, 60.83)
CIE-LCHlch(79.69, 63.17, 105.64°)
OKLaboklab(81.91% -0.0518 0.1383)
OKLCHoklch(81.91% 0.148 110.5)
XYZxyz(47.0212, 56.1402, 15.3789)
Luminance0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C9CC4D1.001.7212.2312.23
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2321.001.001.00
##00000012.2321.001.001.00

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

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#C9CC4D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva