#CCC539#CCC539

#CCC539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.154 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC539
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -13.36, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 68.13, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0437 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.154 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6084, 53.0669, 11.7106)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC539 #3940CC

analogous

#CC7B39 #CCC539 #89CC39

triadic

#CCC539 #39CCC5 #C539CC

tetradic

#CCC539 #39CC7B #3940CC #CC3989

square

#CCC539 #39CC7B #3940CC #CC3989

split-complementary

#CCC539 #3989CC #7B39CC

monochromatic

#6E6A1C #9F9929 #CCC539 #D9D36A #E5E29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CCC539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC539

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC539	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.154 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd679',
    500: '#ccc539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc539;
$custom-light: #dfd679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80502,
    "c": 0.15393,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC539

secondary

#323578

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC539

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

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