#CCC241#CCC241

#CCC241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.146 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC241
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -11.44, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 64.14, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0375 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1495, 51.8043, 12.6210)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC241 #414BCC

analogous

#CC7C41 #CCC241 #91CC41

triadic

#CCC241 #41CCC2 #C241CC

tetradic

#CCC241 #41CC7C #414BCC #CC4191

square

#CCC241 #41CC7C #414BCC #CC4191

split-complementary

#CCC241 #4191CC #7C41CC

monochromatic

#746D1F #A49B2C #CCC241 #D9D171 #E6E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CCC241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC241

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC241	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)

#D3BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd47d',
    500: '#ccc241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc241;
$custom-light: #dfd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79921,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC241

secondary

#353A7C

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC241

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

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