#CCC051#CCC051

#CCC051 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC051
RGB	rgb(204, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -9.44, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 56.81, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0301 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2383, 51.1324, 15.2696)
Luminance	0.5113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC051 #515DCC

analogous

#CC8251 #CCC051 #9ACC51

triadic

#CCC051 #51CCC0 #C051CC

tetradic

#CCC051 #51CC82 #515DCC #CC519A

square

#CCC051 #51CC82 #515DCC #CC519A

split-complementary

#CCC051 #519ACC #8251CC

monochromatic

#7E7525 #ADA133 #CCC051 #DAD180 #E8E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CCC051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CCC051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC051

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC051	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded286',
    500: '#ccc051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc051;
$custom-light: #ded286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7964,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC051

secondary

#3C4386

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC051

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

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