#CCC233#CCC233

#CCC233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.155 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC233
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -12.10, 68.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 69.13, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0407 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.155 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7931, 51.6617, 10.7436)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC233 #333DCC

analogous

#CC7533 #CCC233 #8ACC33

triadic

#CCC233 #33CCC2 #C233CC

tetradic

#CCC233 #33CC75 #333DCC #CC338A

square

#CCC233 #33CC75 #333DCC #CC338A

split-complementary

#CCC233 #338ACC #7533CC

monochromatic

#6A651B #9B9327 #CCC233 #D8D164 #E4DF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CCC233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC233

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC233	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.155 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd476',
    500: '#ccc233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc233;
$custom-light: #dfd476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.078,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79825,
    "c": 0.15462,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC233

secondary

#2F3474

accent

#4FE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC233

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

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