#CCCC37#CCCC37

#CCCC37 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	#CCCC37
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -16.96, 69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 71.31, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.054 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.162 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1860, 56.3004, 11.9951)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC37 #3737CC

analogous

#CC8137 #CCCC37 #81CC37

triadic

#CCCC37 #37CCCC #CC37CC

tetradic

#CCCC37 #37CC81 #3737CC #CC3781

square

#CCCC37 #37CC81 #3737CC #CC3781

split-complementary

#CCCC37 #3781CC #8137CC

monochromatic

#6D6D1C #9E9E28 #CCCC37 #D8D868 #E5E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CCCC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CCCC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC37

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC37	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)

#DDC317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.162 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb79',
    500: '#cccc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc37;
$custom-light: #dfdb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81991,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC37

secondary

#313176

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC37

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

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