#C9CC53#C9CC53

#C9CC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.143 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CC53
RGB	rgb(201, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -16.62, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 60.67, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0501 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.143 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2429, 56.2289, 16.5466)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CC53 #5653CC

analogous

#CC9353 #C9CC53 #8DCC53

triadic

#C9CC53 #53C9CC #CC53C9

tetradic

#C9CC53 #53CC93 #5653CC #CC538D

square

#C9CC53 #53CC93 #5653CC #CC538D

split-complementary

#C9CC53 #538DCC #9353CC

monochromatic

#7D7F26 #ABAE34 #C9CC53 #D8DA82 #E7E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9CC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C9CC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CC53

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CC53	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.143 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdb88',
    500: '#c9cc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cc53;
$custom-light: #dcdb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.488,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81964,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CC53

secondary

#3E3D87

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CC53

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

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