#CCC53E#CCC53E

#CCC53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.151 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC53E
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -13.12, 65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 66.34, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0425 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.151 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7394, 53.1193, 12.4002)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC53E #3E45CC

analogous

#CC7E3E #CCC53E #8CCC3E

triadic

#CCC53E #3ECCC5 #C53ECC

tetradic

#CCC53E #3ECC7E #3E45CC #CC3E8C

square

#CCC53E #3ECC7E #3E45CC #CC3E8C

split-complementary

#CCC53E #3E8CCC #7E3ECC

monochromatic

#726D1E #A29C2B #CCC53E #D9D46E #E6E29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CCC53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC53E

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC53E	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)

#D6BE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.151 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd67c',
    500: '#ccc53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc53e;
$custom-light: #dfd67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80537,
    "c": 0.15084,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC53E

secondary

#34377B

accent

#4EE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC53E

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

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