#CCC24F#CCC24F

#CCC24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC24F
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -10.60, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 58.43, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0336 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.136 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6065, 51.9871, 15.0278)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC24F #4F59CC

analogous

#CC834F #CCC24F #97CC4F

triadic

#CCC24F #4FCCC2 #C24FCC

tetradic

#CCC24F #4FCC83 #4F59CC #CC4F97

square

#CCC24F #4FCC83 #4F59CC #CC4F97

split-complementary

#CCC24F #4F97CC #834FCC

monochromatic

#7D7524 #ACA232 #CCC24F #DAD27E #E7E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CCC24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC24F

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC24F	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded485',
    500: '#ccc24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc24f;
$custom-light: #ded485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80043,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC24F

secondary

#3B4184

accent

#55DE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC24F

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

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