#CCC45E#CCC45E

#CCC45E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.124 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC45E
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 53.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -10.51, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 52.51, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0317 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.124 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6635, 53.1269, 18.3840)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC45E #5E66CC

analogous

#CC8D5E #CCC45E #9DCC5E

triadic

#CCC45E #5ECCC4 #C45ECC

tetradic

#CCC45E #5ECC8D #5E66CC #CC5E9D

square

#CCC45E #5ECC8D #5E66CC #CC5E9D

split-complementary

#CCC45E #5E9DCC #8D5ECC

monochromatic

#857F2A #B4AB39 #CCC45E #DBD58C #E9E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CCC45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC45E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC45E	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.124 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded58f',
    500: '#ccc45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc45e;
$custom-light: #ded58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 51.887,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80628,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC45E

secondary

#42478D

accent

#57DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC45E

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

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