#CCC049#CCC049

#CCC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC049
RGB	rgb(204, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -9.96, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 60.22, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0324 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9558, 51.0194, 13.7817)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC049 #4955CC

analogous

#CC7F49 #CCC049 #97CC49

triadic

#CCC049 #49CCC0 #C049CC

tetradic

#CCC049 #49CC7F #4955CC #CC4997

square

#CCC049 #49CC7F #4955CC #CC4997

split-complementary

#CCC049 #4997CC #7F49CC

monochromatic

#797122 #A99D2F #CCC049 #D9D179 #E7E1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CCC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CCC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC049

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC049	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd281',
    500: '#ccc049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc049;
$custom-light: #dfd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79564,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC049

secondary

#383F81

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC049

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

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