#CCC541#CCC541

#CCC541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.149 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC541
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -12.96, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 65.22, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0418 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.149 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8240, 53.1531, 12.8458)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC541 #4148CC

analogous

#CC7F41 #CCC541 #8ECC41

triadic

#CCC541 #41CCC5 #C541CC

tetradic

#CCC541 #41CC7F #4148CC #CC418E

square

#CCC541 #41CC7F #4148CC #CC418E

split-complementary

#CCC541 #418ECC #7F41CC

monochromatic

#746F1F #A49E2C #CCC541 #D9D471 #E6E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CCC541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC541

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC541	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.149 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd67d',
    500: '#ccc541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc541;
$custom-light: #dfd67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80559,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC541

secondary

#35387C

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC541

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

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