#CCC249#CCC249

#CCC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.140 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC249
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -10.98, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 60.95, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0353 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3979, 51.9036, 13.9291)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC249 #4953CC

analogous

#CC8149 #CCC249 #95CC49

triadic

#CCC249 #49CCC2 #C249CC

tetradic

#CCC249 #49CC81 #4953CC #CC4995

square

#CCC249 #49CC81 #4953CC #CC4995

split-complementary

#CCC249 #4995CC #8149CC

monochromatic

#797222 #A99F2F #CCC249 #D9D279 #E7E2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CCC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC249

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC249	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.140 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd481',
    500: '#ccc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc249;
$custom-light: #dfd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79987,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC249

secondary

#383E81

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC249

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

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