#CCC251#CCC251

#CCC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC251
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -10.46, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 57.56, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.033 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6804, 52.0166, 15.4170)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC251 #515BCC

analogous

#CC8451 #CCC251 #98CC51

triadic

#CCC251 #51CCC2 #C251CC

tetradic

#CCC251 #51CC84 #515BCC #CC5198

square

#CCC251 #51CC84 #515BCC #CC5198

split-complementary

#CCC251 #5198CC #8451CC

monochromatic

#7E7725 #ADA333 #CCC251 #DAD380 #E8E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CCC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC251

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC251	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)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded486',
    500: '#ccc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc251;
$custom-light: #ded486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80063,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC251

secondary

#3C4286

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC251

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

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