#CCC243#CCC243

#CCC243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.145 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC243
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -11.33, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 63.36, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.037 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.145 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2085, 51.8279, 12.9315)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC243 #434DCC

analogous

#CC7D43 #CCC243 #92CC43

triadic

#CCC243 #43CCC2 #C243CC

tetradic

#CCC243 #43CC7D #434DCC #CC4392

square

#CCC243 #43CC7D #434DCC #CC4392

split-complementary

#CCC243 #4392CC #7D43CC

monochromatic

#756F20 #A59C2D #CCC243 #D9D273 #E6E1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CCC243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC243

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC243	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.145 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd47e',
    500: '#ccc243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc243;
$custom-light: #dfd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79937,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC243

secondary

#363B7E

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC243

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

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