#CCC261#CCC261

#CCC261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.120 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC261
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -9.24, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 50.30, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0277 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.12 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3527, 52.2855, 18.9574)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC261 #616BCC

analogous

#CC8D61 #CCC261 #A1CC61

triadic

#CCC261 #61CCC2 #C261CC

tetradic

#CCC261 #61CC8D #616BCC #CC61A1

square

#CCC261 #61CC8D #616BCC #CC61A1

split-complementary

#CCC261 #61A1CC #8D61CC

monochromatic

#877E2C #B5AA3B #CCC261 #DBD48F #EAE6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CCC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CCC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC261

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC261	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.120 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded490',
    500: '#ccc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc261;
$custom-light: #ded490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80242,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC261

secondary

#434A8E

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC261

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

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