#CCC951#CCC951

#CCC951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.141 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC951
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -14.01, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 60.29, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0431 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.141 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2752, 55.2061, 15.9485)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC951 #5154CC

analogous

#CC8B51 #CCC951 #91CC51

triadic

#CCC951 #51CCC9 #C951CC

tetradic

#CCC951 #51CC8B #5154CC #CC5191

square

#CCC951 #51CC8B #5154CC #CC5191

split-complementary

#CCC951 #5191CC #8B51CC

monochromatic

#7E7C25 #ADAA33 #CCC951 #DAD880 #E8E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CCC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CCC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC951

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC951	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)

#D8C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.141 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded987',
    500: '#ccc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc951;
$custom-light: #ded987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81551,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC951

secondary

#3C3D86

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC951

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

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