#CCC551#CCC551

#CCC551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC551
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -11.99, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 58.72, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0373 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.137 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3549, 53.3655, 15.6418)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC551 #5158CC

analogous

#CC8751 #CCC551 #95CC51

triadic

#CCC551 #51CCC5 #C551CC

tetradic

#CCC551 #51CC87 #5158CC #CC5195

square

#CCC551 #51CC87 #5158CC #CC5195

split-complementary

#CCC551 #5195CC #8751CC

monochromatic

#7E7925 #ADA633 #CCC551 #DAD580 #E8E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CCC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CCC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC551

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC551	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded686',
    500: '#ccc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc551;
$custom-light: #ded686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80699,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC551

secondary

#3C4086

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC551

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

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