#CCC950#CCC950

#CCC950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.142 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC950
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -14.08, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 60.72, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0434 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.142 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2380, 55.1913, 15.7525)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC950 #5053CC

analogous

#CC8B50 #CCC950 #91CC50

triadic

#CCC950 #50CCC9 #C950CC

tetradic

#CCC950 #50CC8B #5053CC #CC5091

square

#CCC950 #50CC8B #5053CC #CC5091

split-complementary

#CCC950 #5091CC #8B50CC

monochromatic

#7D7B24 #ADAA32 #CCC950 #DAD87F #E8E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CCC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CCC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC950

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC950	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.142 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded986',
    500: '#ccc950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc950;
$custom-light: #ded986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC950

secondary

#3B3D85

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC950

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

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