#CCC23E#CCC23E

#CCC23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.148 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC23E
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -11.59, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 65.28, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0382 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.148 105)
XYZ	xyz(45.0649, 51.7704, 12.1754)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC23E #3E48CC

analogous

#CC7B3E #CCC23E #8FCC3E

triadic

#CCC23E #3ECCC2 #C23ECC

tetradic

#CCC23E #3ECC7B #3E48CC #CC3E8F

square

#CCC23E #3ECC7B #3E48CC #CC3E8F

split-complementary

#CCC23E #3E8FCC #7B3ECC

monochromatic

#726C1E #A29A2B #CCC23E #D9D16E #E6E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CCC23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC23E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC23E	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)

#D3BB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.148 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd47b',
    500: '#ccc23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc23e;
$custom-light: #dfd47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79898,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.51769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC23E

secondary

#34397B

accent

#51E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC23E

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

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