#CCC649#CCC649

#CCC649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.144 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC649
RGB	rgb(204, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -13.01, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 62.45, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0411 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3002, 53.7081, 14.2298)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC649 #494FCC

analogous

#CC8549 #CCC649 #91CC49

triadic

#CCC649 #49CCC6 #C649CC

tetradic

#CCC649 #49CC85 #494FCC #CC4991

square

#CCC649 #49CC85 #494FCC #CC4991

split-complementary

#CCC649 #4991CC #8549CC

monochromatic

#797522 #A9A32F #CCC649 #D9D579 #E7E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CCC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CCC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC649

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC649	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd782',
    500: '#ccc649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc649;
$custom-light: #dfd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80837,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC649

secondary

#383B81

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC649

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

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