#CCCC33#CCCC33

#CCCC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.164 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC33
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -17.12, 70.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 72.59, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0548 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.164 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0940, 56.2635, 11.5105)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC33 #3333CC

analogous

#CC8033 #CCCC33 #80CC33

triadic

#CCCC33 #33CCCC #CC33CC

tetradic

#CCCC33 #33CC80 #3333CC #CC3380

square

#CCCC33 #33CC80 #3333CC #CC3380

split-complementary

#CCCC33 #337FCC #7F33CC

monochromatic

#6A6A1B #9B9B27 #CCCC33 #D8D864 #E4E495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CCCC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#CCCC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC33

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC33	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC30B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.164 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb77',
    500: '#cccc33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc33;
$custom-light: #dfdb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81968,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC33

secondary

#2F2F74

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC33

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

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