#C9CC52#C9CC52

#C9CC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.144 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC52
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 59.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -16.69, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 61.09, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0504 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.144 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2046, 56.2136, 16.3447)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC52 #5552CC

analogous

#CC9252 #C9CC52 #8CCC52

triadic

#C9CC52 #52C9CC #CC52C9

tetradic

#C9CC52 #52CC92 #5552CC #CC528C

square

#C9CC52 #52CC92 #5552CC #CC528C

split-complementary

#C9CC52 #528CCC #9252CC

monochromatic

#7C7E25 #ABAE33 #C9CC52 #D8DA81 #E7E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C9CC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C9CC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC52

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC52	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.144 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb88',
    500: '#c9cc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc52;
$custom-light: #dcdb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81954,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC52

secondary

#3E3C86

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC52

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

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