#CCC23C#CCC23C

#CCC23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.149 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC23C
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -11.69, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 66.01, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0387 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.149 105)
XYZ	xyz(45.0111, 51.7489, 11.8917)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC23C #3C46CC

analogous

#CC7A3C #CCC23C #8ECC3C

triadic

#CCC23C #3CCCC2 #C23CCC

tetradic

#CCC23C #3CCC7A #3C46CC #CC3C8E

square

#CCC23C #3CCC7A #3C46CC #CC3C8E

split-complementary

#CCC23C #3C8ECC #7A3CCC

monochromatic

#706A1D #A1992A #CCC23C #D9D16D #E5E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CCC23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC23C

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC23C	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)

#D3BB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.149 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd47a',
    500: '#ccc23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc23c;
$custom-light: #dfd47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79884,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.51747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC23C

secondary

#333879

accent

#51E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC23C

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

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