#CCC151#CCC151

#CCC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.133 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC151
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -9.95, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 57.19, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0315 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.133 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4586, 51.5730, 15.3430)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC151 #515CCC

analogous

#CC8351 #CCC151 #99CC51

triadic

#CCC151 #51CCC1 #C151CC

tetradic

#CCC151 #51CC83 #515CCC #CC5199

square

#CCC151 #51CC83 #515CCC #CC5199

split-complementary

#CCC151 #5199CC #8351CC

monochromatic

#7E7625 #ADA233 #CCC151 #DAD280 #E8E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CCC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CCC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC151

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC151	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.133 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded386',
    500: '#ccc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc151;
$custom-light: #ded386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79851,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC151

secondary

#3C4286

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC151

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

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