#CCC449#CCC449

#CCC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.142 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC449
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -12.00, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 61.69, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0382 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8460, 52.7999, 14.0785)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC449 #4951CC

analogous

#CC8349 #CCC449 #93CC49

triadic

#CCC449 #49CCC4 #C449CC

tetradic

#CCC449 #49CC83 #4951CC #CC4993

square

#CCC449 #49CC83 #4951CC #CC4993

split-complementary

#CCC449 #4993CC #8349CC

monochromatic

#797322 #A9A12F #CCC449 #D9D379 #E7E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CCC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CCC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC449

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC449	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd582',
    500: '#ccc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc449;
$custom-light: #dfd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80412,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC449

secondary

#383D81

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC449

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

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