#CCC533#CCC533

#CCC533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.157 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC533
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -13.62, 68.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 70.14, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.045 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.157 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4675, 53.0105, 10.9684)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC533 #333ACC

analogous

#CC7933 #CCC533 #86CC33

triadic

#CCC533 #33CCC5 #C533CC

tetradic

#CCC533 #33CC79 #333ACC #CC3386

square

#CCC533 #33CC79 #333ACC #CC3386

split-complementary

#CCC533 #3386CC #7933CC

monochromatic

#6A661B #9B9627 #CCC533 #D8D364 #E4E195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CCC533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC533

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC533	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.157 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd676',
    500: '#ccc533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc533;
$custom-light: #dfd676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.255,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80465,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC533

secondary

#2F3274

accent

#4CE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC533

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

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