#CCC24E#CCC24E

#CCC24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC24E
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -10.66, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 58.86, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0339 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.136 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5704, 51.9726, 14.8375)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC24E #4E58CC

analogous

#CC834E #CCC24E #97CC4E

triadic

#CCC24E #4ECCC2 #C24ECC

tetradic

#CCC24E #4ECC83 #4E58CC #CC4E97

square

#CCC24E #4ECC83 #4E58CC #CC4E97

split-complementary

#CCC24E #4E97CC #834ECC

monochromatic

#7C7524 #ABA231 #CCC24E #DAD27E #E7E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CCC24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC24E

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC24E	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded484',
    500: '#ccc24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc24e;
$custom-light: #ded484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80033,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC24E

secondary

#3A4084

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC24E

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

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