#CCC174#CCC174

#CCC174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.099 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC174
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 43.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -6.95, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 40.66, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0192 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.099 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1252, 52.2397, 24.1205)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC174 #747FCC

analogous

#CC9574 #CCC174 #ABCC74

triadic

#CCC174 #74CCC1 #C174CC

tetradic

#CCC174 #74CC95 #747FCC #CC74AB

square

#CCC174 #74CC95 #747FCC #CC74AB

split-complementary

#CCC174 #74ABCC #9574CC

monochromatic

#918535 #BCAD47 #CCC174 #DCD5A1 #EDE9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CCC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CCC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC174

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC174	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.099 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd39d',
    500: '#ccc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc174;
$custom-light: #ddd39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80297,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC174

secondary

#4D5697

accent

#3EBA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC174

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

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