#CCC23A#CCC23A

#CCC23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.151 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC23A
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -11.79, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 66.74, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0392 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.151 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9592, 51.7281, 11.6185)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC23A #3A44CC

analogous

#CC793A #CCC23A #8DCC3A

triadic

#CCC23A #3ACCC2 #C23ACC

tetradic

#CCC23A #3ACC79 #3A44CC #CC3A8D

square

#CCC23A #3ACC79 #3A44CC #CC3A8D

split-complementary

#CCC23A #3A8DCC #793ACC

monochromatic

#6F691D #A09729 #CCC23A #D9D16B #E5E09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CCC23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC23A

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC23A	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.151 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd479',
    500: '#ccc23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc23a;
$custom-light: #dfd479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7987,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC23A

secondary

#323778

accent

#50E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC23A

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

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