#CCCC36#CCCC36

#CCCC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.162 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC36
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -17.00, 69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 71.64, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0542 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.162 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1623, 56.2909, 11.8702)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC36 #3636CC

analogous

#CC8136 #CCCC36 #81CC36

triadic

#CCCC36 #36CCCC #CC36CC

tetradic

#CCCC36 #36CC81 #3636CC #CC3681

square

#CCCC36 #36CC81 #3636CC #CC3681

split-complementary

#CCCC36 #3681CC #8136CC

monochromatic

#6C6C1B #9D9D28 #CCCC36 #D8D867 #E5E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CCCC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CCCC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC36

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC36	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)

#DDC315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.162 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb78',
    500: '#cccc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc36;
$custom-light: #dfdb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81985,
    "c": 0.16227,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC36

secondary

#303076

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC36

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

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