#CCC561#CCC561

#CCC561 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.123 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC561
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -10.78, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 51.52, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0321 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.123 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0271, 53.6344, 19.1822)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC561 #6168CC

analogous

#CC9061 #CCC561 #9ECC61

triadic

#CCC561 #61CCC5 #C561CC

tetradic

#CCC561 #61CC90 #6168CC #CC619E

square

#CCC561 #61CC90 #6168CC #CC619E

split-complementary

#CCC561 #619ECC #9061CC

monochromatic

#87812C #B5AD3B #CCC561 #DBD68F #EAE7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CCC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CCC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC561

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC561	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.123 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded691',
    500: '#ccc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc561;
$custom-light: #ded691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80875,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC561

secondary

#43488E

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC561

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

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