#CCC44E#CCC44E

#CCC44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.138 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC44E
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -11.68, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 59.61, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0368 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.138 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0185, 52.8689, 14.9869)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC44E #4E56CC

analogous

#CC854E #CCC44E #95CC4E

triadic

#CCC44E #4ECCC4 #C44ECC

tetradic

#CCC44E #4ECC85 #4E56CC #CC4E95

square

#CCC44E #4ECC85 #4E56CC #CC4E95

split-complementary

#CCC44E #4E95CC #854ECC

monochromatic

#7C7624 #ABA431 #CCC44E #DAD47E #E7E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CCC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC44E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC44E	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.138 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded585',
    500: '#ccc44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc44e;
$custom-light: #ded585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC44E

secondary

#3A3F84

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC44E

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

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