#CCC53B#CCC53B

#CCC53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.153 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC53B
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -13.26, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 67.43, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0432 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.153 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6593, 53.0873, 11.9786)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC53B #3B42CC

analogous

#CC7C3B #CCC53B #8BCC3B

triadic

#CCC53B #3BCCC5 #C53BCC

tetradic

#CCC53B #3BCC7C #3B42CC #CC3B8B

square

#CCC53B #3BCC7C #3B42CC #CC3B8B

split-complementary

#CCC53B #3B8BCC #7C3BCC

monochromatic

#706C1D #A09A2A #CCC53B #D9D36C #E5E29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CCC53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC53B

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC53B	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.153 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd67a',
    500: '#ccc53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc53b;
$custom-light: #dfd67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80516,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC53B

secondary

#323679

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC53B

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

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