#CCCC49#CCCC49

#CCCC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.150 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC49
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -16.03, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 64.77, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0496 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.15 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6988, 56.5055, 14.6961)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC49 #4949CC

analogous

#CC8B49 #CCCC49 #8BCC49

triadic

#CCCC49 #49CCCC #CC49CC

tetradic

#CCCC49 #49CC8B #4949CC #CC498B

square

#CCCC49 #49CC8B #4949CC #CC498B

split-complementary

#CCCC49 #498BCC #8B49CC

monochromatic

#797922 #A9A92F #CCCC49 #D9D979 #E7E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CCCC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CCCC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC49

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC49	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)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.150 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb82',
    500: '#cccc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc49;
$custom-light: #dfdb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82121,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC49

secondary

#383881

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC49

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

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