#CCC23B#CCC23B

#CCC23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.150 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC23B
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -11.74, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 66.38, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.039 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.15 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9849, 51.7384, 11.7538)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC23B #3B45CC

analogous

#CC7A3B #CCC23B #8ECC3B

triadic

#CCC23B #3BCCC2 #C23BCC

tetradic

#CCC23B #3BCC7A #3B45CC #CC3B8E

square

#CCC23B #3BCC7A #3B45CC #CC3B8E

split-complementary

#CCC23B #3B8ECC #7A3BCC

monochromatic

#706A1D #A0982A #CCC23B #D9D16C #E5E09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CCC23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC23B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC23B	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)

#D3BB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.150 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd47a',
    500: '#ccc23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc23b;
$custom-light: #dfd47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79877,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC23B

secondary

#323779

accent

#51E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC23B

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

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