#CCC169#CCC169

#CCC169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.111 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC169
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 48.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -8.02, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 46.07, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0234 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.111 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5229, 51.9987, 20.9480)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC169 #6974CC

analogous

#CC8F69 #CCC169 #A6CC69

triadic

#CCC169 #69CCC1 #C169CC

tetradic

#CCC169 #69CC8F #6974CC #CC69A6

square

#CCC169 #69CC8F #6974CC #CC69A6

split-complementary

#CCC169 #69A6CC #8F69CC

monochromatic

#8B812F #B9AB3F #CCC169 #DCD497 #EBE7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CCC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC169

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC169	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.111 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd396',
    500: '#ccc169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc169;
$custom-light: #ddd396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80136,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC169

secondary

#474F92

accent

#39BD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC169

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

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