#CCC23F#CCC23F

#CCC23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.147 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC23F
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 69.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -11.54, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 64.90, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.038 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.147 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0926, 51.7815, 12.3212)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC23F #3F49CC

analogous

#CC7C3F #CCC23F #8FCC3F

triadic

#CCC23F #3FCCC2 #C23FCC

tetradic

#CCC23F #3FCC7C #3F49CC #CC3F8F

square

#CCC23F #3FCC7C #3F49CC #CC3F8F

split-complementary

#CCC23F #3F8FCC #7C3FCC

monochromatic

#726C1E #A39A2B #CCC23F #D9D16F #E6E1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CCC23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC23F

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC23F	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.147 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd47c',
    500: '#ccc23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc23f;
$custom-light: #dfd47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79906,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC23F

secondary

#34397B

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC23F

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

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