#CCC462#CCC462

#CCC462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.121 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC462
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 52%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -10.18, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 50.64, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0303 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.121 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8477, 53.2005, 19.3539)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC462 #626ACC

analogous

#CC8F62 #CCC462 #9FCC62

triadic

#CCC462 #62CCC4 #C462CC

tetradic

#CCC462 #62CC8F #626ACC #CC629F

square

#CCC462 #62CC8F #626ACC #CC629F

split-complementary

#CCC462 #629FCC #8F62CC

monochromatic

#88812C #B6AC3B #CCC462 #DBD590 #EAE7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CCC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CCC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC462

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC462	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)

#D3BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.121 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded591',
    500: '#ccc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc462;
$custom-light: #ded591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80676,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC462

secondary

#44498F

accent

#58DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC462

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

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