#CCC274#CCC274

#CCC274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.100 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC274
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 43.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -7.47, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 41.08, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0207 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.1 102)
XYZ	xyz(47.3470, 52.6833, 24.1944)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC274 #747ECC

analogous

#CC9674 #CCC274 #AACC74

triadic

#CCC274 #74CCC2 #C274CC

tetradic

#CCC274 #74CC96 #747ECC #CC74AA

square

#CCC274 #74CC96 #747ECC #CC74AA

split-complementary

#CCC274 #74AACC #9674CC

monochromatic

#918635 #BCAE47 #CCC274 #DCD6A1 #EDE9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CCC274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CCC274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC274

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC274	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.100 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd49d',
    500: '#ccc274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc274;
$custom-light: #ddd49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80506,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.52682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC274

secondary

#4D5697

accent

#3CBA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC274

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

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