#CCC253#CCC253

#CCC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC253
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -10.32, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 56.69, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0324 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7565, 52.0471, 15.8178)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC253 #535DCC

analogous

#CC8653 #CCC253 #9ACC53

triadic

#CCC253 #53CCC2 #C253CC

tetradic

#CCC253 #53CC86 #535DCC #CC539A

square

#CCC253 #53CC86 #535DCC #CC539A

split-complementary

#CCC253 #539ACC #8653CC

monochromatic

#7F7826 #AEA434 #CCC253 #DAD382 #E8E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CCC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC253

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC253	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded488',
    500: '#ccc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc253;
$custom-light: #ded488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80083,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC253

secondary

#3D4387

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC253

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

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