#CCC16E#CCC16E

#CCC16E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.105 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC16E
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 46.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -7.55, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 43.63, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0215 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.105 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7874, 52.1045, 22.3414)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC16E #6E79CC

analogous

#CC926E #CCC16E #A8CC6E

triadic

#CCC16E #6ECCC1 #C16ECC

tetradic

#CCC16E #6ECC92 #6E79CC #CC6EA8

square

#CCC16E #6ECC92 #6E79CC #CC6EA8

split-complementary

#CCC16E #6EA8CC #926ECC

monochromatic

#8E8332 #BBAD42 #CCC16E #DCD49B #ECE8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CCC16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC16E

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC16E	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.105 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd399',
    500: '#ccc16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc16e;
$custom-light: #ddd399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 47.959,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80207,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC16E

secondary

#4A5394

accent

#3BBB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC16E

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

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