#CCCC53#CCCC53

#CCCC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC53
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -15.38, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 60.66, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0467 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.142 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0575, 56.6489, 16.5847)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC53 #5353CC

analogous

#CC9053 #CCCC53 #90CC53

triadic

#CCCC53 #53CCCC #CC53CC

tetradic

#CCCC53 #53CC90 #5353CC #CC5390

square

#CCCC53 #53CC90 #5353CC #CC5390

split-complementary

#CCCC53 #5390CC #9053CC

monochromatic

#7F7F26 #AEAE34 #CCCC53 #DADA82 #E8E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CCCC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#CCCC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC53

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC53	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb88',
    500: '#cccc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc53;
$custom-light: #dedb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82212,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC53

secondary

#3D3D87

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC53

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

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