#CCCC48#CCCC48

#CCCC48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.151 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC48
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -16.09, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 65.16, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0499 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.151 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6660, 56.4923, 14.5229)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC48 #4848CC

analogous

#CC8A48 #CCCC48 #8ACC48

triadic

#CCCC48 #48CCCC #CC48CC

tetradic

#CCCC48 #48CC8A #4848CC #CC488A

square

#CCCC48 #48CC8A #4848CC #CC488A

split-complementary

#CCCC48 #488ACC #8A48CC

monochromatic

#787821 #A8A82F #CCCC48 #D9D978 #E7E7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CCCC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CCCC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC48

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC48	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.151 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb82',
    500: '#cccc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc48;
$custom-light: #dfdb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82112,
    "c": 0.15086,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC48

secondary

#383880

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC48

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

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