#CCC149#CCC149

#CCC149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC149
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -10.47, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 60.59, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0339 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1761, 51.4600, 13.8552)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC149 #4954CC

analogous

#CC8049 #CCC149 #96CC49

triadic

#CCC149 #49CCC1 #C149CC

tetradic

#CCC149 #49CC80 #4954CC #CC4996

square

#CCC149 #49CC80 #4954CC #CC4996

split-complementary

#CCC149 #4996CC #8049CC

monochromatic

#797122 #A99E2F #CCC149 #D9D179 #E7E2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CCC149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CCC149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC149

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC149	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd381',
    500: '#ccc149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc149;
$custom-light: #dfd381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC149

secondary

#383E81

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC149

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

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