#CCC361#CCC361

#CCC361 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.121 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC361
RGB	rgb(204, 195, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -9.76, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 50.70, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0292 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.121 104)
XYZ	xyz(46.5760, 52.7321, 19.0318)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC361 #616ACC

analogous

#CC8E61 #CCC361 #A0CC61

triadic

#CCC361 #61CCC3 #C361CC

tetradic

#CCC361 #61CC8E #616ACC #CC61A0

square

#CCC361 #61CC8E #616ACC #CC61A0

split-complementary

#CCC361 #61A0CC #8E61CC

monochromatic

#877F2C #B5AB3B #CCC361 #DBD58F #EAE6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CCC361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CCC361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC361

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC361	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 195, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.121 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded490',
    500: '#ccc361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc361;
$custom-light: #ded490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80453,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC361

secondary

#43498E

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC361

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

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