#CCC250#CCC250

#CCC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.135 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC250
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -10.53, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 58.00, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0333 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.135 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6432, 52.0018, 15.2209)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC250 #505ACC

analogous

#CC8450 #CCC250 #98CC50

triadic

#CCC250 #50CCC2 #C250CC

tetradic

#CCC250 #50CC84 #505ACC #CC5098

square

#CCC250 #50CC84 #505ACC #CC5098

split-complementary

#CCC250 #5098CC #8450CC

monochromatic

#7D7624 #ADA332 #CCC250 #DAD37F #E8E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CCC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC250

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC250	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)

#D2BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.135 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded486',
    500: '#ccc250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc250;
$custom-light: #ded486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80053,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC250

secondary

#3B4185

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC250

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

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