#CCC937#CCC937

#CCC937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.159 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC937
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -15.46, 68.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 70.23, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0498 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.159 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4798, 54.8880, 11.7598)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC937 #373ACC

analogous

#CC7E37 #CCC937 #84CC37

triadic

#CCC937 #37CCC9 #C937CC

tetradic

#CCC937 #37CC7E #373ACC #CC3784

square

#CCC937 #37CC7E #373ACC #CC3784

split-complementary

#CCC937 #3784CC #7E37CC

monochromatic

#6D6B1C #9E9B28 #CCC937 #D8D668 #E5E399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CCC937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CCC937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC937

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC937	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.159 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd978',
    500: '#ccc937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc937;
$custom-light: #dfd978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81346,
    "c": 0.15884,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC937

secondary

#313276

accent

#48E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC937

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

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