#CCC38D#CCC38D

#CCC38D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.072 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC38D
RGB	rgb(204, 195, 141)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 30.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -5.11, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 28.79, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0122 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.072 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2251, 53.7918, 32.9839)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC38D #8D96CC

analogous

#CCA48D #CCC38D #B5CC8D

triadic

#CCC38D #8DCCC3 #C38DCC

tetradic

#CCC38D #8DCCA4 #8D96CC #CC8DB5

square

#CCC38D #8DCCA4 #8D96CC #CC8DB5

split-complementary

#CCC38D #8DB5CC #A48DCC

monochromatic

#9A8E45 #B9AD63 #CCC38D #DFD9B7 #F2F0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CCC38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CCC38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC38D

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC38D	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 195, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.072 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5ae',
    500: '#ccc38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc38d;
$custom-light: #dcd5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8115,
    "c": 0.07195,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC38D

secondary

#5D66A0

accent

#46B134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC38D

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

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