#CCC938#CCC938

#CCC938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.158 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC938
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -15.41, 68.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 69.90, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0496 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.158 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5041, 54.8977, 11.8873)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC938 #383BCC

analogous

#CC7F38 #CCC938 #85CC38

triadic

#CCC938 #38CCC9 #C938CC

tetradic

#CCC938 #38CC7F #383BCC #CC3885

square

#CCC938 #38CC7F #383BCC #CC3885

split-complementary

#CCC938 #3885CC #7F38CC

monochromatic

#6E6C1C #9E9C29 #CCC938 #D8D669 #E5E399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CCC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CCC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC938

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC938	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)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.158 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd979',
    500: '#ccc938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc938;
$custom-light: #dfd979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.784,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81352,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC938

secondary

#313377

accent

#49E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC938

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

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