#CCC139#CCC139

#CCC139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.150 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC139
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -11.33, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 66.75, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.038 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.15 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7122, 51.2745, 11.4118)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC139 #3944CC

analogous

#CC7739 #CCC139 #8DCC39

triadic

#CCC139 #39CCC1 #C139CC

tetradic

#CCC139 #39CC77 #3944CC #CC398D

square

#CCC139 #39CC77 #3944CC #CC398D

split-complementary

#CCC139 #398DCC #7739CC

monochromatic

#6E681C #9F9629 #CCC139 #D9D06A #E5DF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CCC139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CCC139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC139

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC139	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.150 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd379',
    500: '#ccc139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc139;
$custom-light: #dfd379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79651,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC139

secondary

#323778

accent

#51E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC139

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

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