#C9CC4E#C9CC4E

#C9CC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.147 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC4E
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -16.96, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 62.76, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0515 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.147 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0568, 56.1545, 15.5663)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC4E #514ECC

analogous

#CC904E #C9CC4E #8ACC4E

triadic

#C9CC4E #4EC9CC #CC4EC9

tetradic

#C9CC4E #4ECC90 #514ECC #CC4E8A

square

#C9CC4E #4ECC90 #514ECC #CC4E8A

split-complementary

#C9CC4E #4E8ACC #904ECC

monochromatic

#7A7C24 #A9AB31 #C9CC4E #D7DA7E #E6E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C9CC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC4E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC4E	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)

#DBC43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.147 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb85',
    500: '#c9cc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc4e;
$custom-light: #dcdb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81916,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC4E

secondary

#3C3A84

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC4E

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

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