#CCC461#CCC461

#CCC461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.122 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC461
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -10.27, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 51.11, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0307 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.122 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8008, 53.1818, 19.1068)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC461 #6169CC

analogous

#CC8F61 #CCC461 #9FCC61

triadic

#CCC461 #61CCC4 #C461CC

tetradic

#CCC461 #61CC8F #6169CC #CC619F

square

#CCC461 #61CC8F #6169CC #CC619F

split-complementary

#CCC461 #619FCC #8F61CC

monochromatic

#87802C #B5AC3B #CCC461 #DBD58F #EAE7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CCC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CCC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC461

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC461	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.122 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded591',
    500: '#ccc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc461;
$custom-light: #ded591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80664,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC461

secondary

#43498E

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC461

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

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