#CCC161#CCC161

#CCC161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.119 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC161
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -8.73, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 49.90, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0262 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.119 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1309, 51.8419, 18.8834)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC161 #616CCC

analogous

#CC8C61 #CCC161 #A2CC61

triadic

#CCC161 #61CCC1 #C161CC

tetradic

#CCC161 #61CC8C #616CCC #CC61A2

square

#CCC161 #61CC8C #616CCC #CC61A2

split-complementary

#CCC161 #61A2CC #8C61CC

monochromatic

#877E2C #B5A93B #CCC161 #DBD38F #EAE5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CCC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC161

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC161	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.119 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded390',
    500: '#ccc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc161;
$custom-light: #ded390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80031,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC161

secondary

#434B8E

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC161

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

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