#CCC451#CCC451

#CCC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.136 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC451
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -11.48, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 58.33, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0359 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.136 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1285, 52.9129, 15.5663)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC451 #5159CC

analogous

#CC8651 #CCC451 #96CC51

triadic

#CCC451 #51CCC4 #C451CC

tetradic

#CCC451 #51CC86 #5159CC #CC5196

square

#CCC451 #51CC86 #5159CC #CC5196

split-complementary

#CCC451 #5196CC #8651CC

monochromatic

#7E7825 #ADA533 #CCC451 #DAD480 #E8E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CCC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC451

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC451	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.136 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded586',
    500: '#ccc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc451;
$custom-light: #ded586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80486,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC451

secondary

#3C4086

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC451

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

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