#CCCC51#CCCC51

#CCCC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.144 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC51
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -15.52, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 61.50, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0473 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.144 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9814, 56.6185, 16.1839)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC51 #5151CC

analogous

#CC8E51 #CCCC51 #8ECC51

triadic

#CCCC51 #51CCCC #CC51CC

tetradic

#CCCC51 #51CC8E #5151CC #CC518E

square

#CCCC51 #51CC8E #5151CC #CC518E

split-complementary

#CCCC51 #518ECC #8E51CC

monochromatic

#7E7E25 #ADAD33 #CCCC51 #DADA80 #E8E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CCCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CCCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC51

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC51	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.144 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb87',
    500: '#cccc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc51;
$custom-light: #dedb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82192,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC51

secondary

#3C3C86

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC51

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

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