#CCC73B#CCC73B

#CCC73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.155 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC73B
RGB	rgb(204, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -14.27, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 68.14, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0461 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.155 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1164, 54.0015, 12.1309)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC73B #3B40CC

analogous

#CC7F3B #CCC73B #89CC3B

triadic

#CCC73B #3BCCC7 #C73BCC

tetradic

#CCC73B #3BCC7F #3B40CC #CC3B89

square

#CCC73B #3BCC7F #3B40CC #CC3B89

split-complementary

#CCC73B #3B89CC #7F3BCC

monochromatic

#706D1D #A09C2A #CCC73B #D9D56C #E5E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CCC73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CCC73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC73B

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC73B	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.155 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd77a',
    500: '#ccc73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc73b;
$custom-light: #dfd77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80943,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC73B

secondary

#323579

accent

#4BE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC73B

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

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