#CCCC35#CCCC35

#CCCC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.163 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC35
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -17.04, 69.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 71.96, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0544 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.163 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1390, 56.2816, 11.7478)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC35 #3535CC

analogous

#CC8035 #CCCC35 #80CC35

triadic

#CCCC35 #35CCCC #CC35CC

tetradic

#CCCC35 #35CC80 #3535CC #CC3580

square

#CCCC35 #35CC80 #3535CC #CC3580

split-complementary

#CCCC35 #3580CC #8035CC

monochromatic

#6B6B1B #9C9C27 #CCCC35 #D8D866 #E5E597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CCCC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CCCC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC35

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC35	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.163 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb78',
    500: '#cccc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc35;
$custom-light: #dfdb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81979,
    "c": 0.16281,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC35

secondary

#303075

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC35

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

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