#CCC837#CCC837

#CCC837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.158 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC837
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -14.96, 68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 69.87, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0484 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.158 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2475, 54.4233, 11.6823)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC837 #373BCC

analogous

#CC7D37 #CCC837 #85CC37

triadic

#CCC837 #37CCC8 #C837CC

tetradic

#CCC837 #37CC7D #373BCC #CC3785

square

#CCC837 #37CC7D #373BCC #CC3785

split-complementary

#CCC837 #3785CC #7D37CC

monochromatic

#6D6B1C #9E9A28 #CCC837 #D8D568 #E5E399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CCC837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CCC837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC837

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC837	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.158 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd878',
    500: '#ccc837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc837;
$custom-light: #dfd878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.389,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81131,
    "c": 0.15789,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC837

secondary

#313376

accent

#49E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC837

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

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