#CCC949#CCC949

#CCC949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.147 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC949
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -14.52, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 63.60, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0454 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.147 108)
XYZ	xyz(46.9927, 55.0931, 14.4607)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC949 #494CCC

analogous

#CC8849 #CCC949 #8ECC49

triadic

#CCC949 #49CCC9 #C949CC

tetradic

#CCC949 #49CC88 #494CCC #CC498E

square

#CCC949 #49CC88 #494CCC #CC498E

split-complementary

#CCC949 #498ECC #8849CC

monochromatic

#797722 #A9A62F #CCC949 #D9D779 #E7E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CCC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CCC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC949

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC949	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.147 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd982',
    500: '#ccc949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc949;
$custom-light: #dfd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81478,
    "c": 0.1471,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.55092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC949

secondary

#383A81

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC949

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

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