#CCC851#CCC851

#CCC851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.140 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC851
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -13.51, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 59.89, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0416 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.14 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0428, 54.7414, 15.8711)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC851 #5155CC

analogous

#CC8A51 #CCC851 #92CC51

triadic

#CCC851 #51CCC8 #C851CC

tetradic

#CCC851 #51CC8A #5155CC #CC5192

square

#CCC851 #51CC8A #5155CC #CC5192

split-complementary

#CCC851 #5192CC #8A51CC

monochromatic

#7E7B25 #ADA933 #CCC851 #DAD780 #E8E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CCC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CCC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC851

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC851	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.140 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded887',
    500: '#ccc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc851;
$custom-light: #ded887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.049,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81337,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC851

secondary

#3C3E86

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC851

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

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