#CCCC61#CCCC61

#CCCC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.130 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC61
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -14.32, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 54.47, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0422 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.13 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6536, 56.8874, 19.7244)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC61 #6161CC

analogous

#CC9761 #CCCC61 #97CC61

triadic

#CCCC61 #61CCCC #CC61CC

tetradic

#CCCC61 #61CC97 #6161CC #CC6197

square

#CCCC61 #61CC97 #6161CC #CC6197

split-complementary

#CCCC61 #6197CC #9761CC

monochromatic

#87872C #B5B53B #CCCC61 #DBDB8F #EAEABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CCCC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CCCC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC61

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC61	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.130 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb91',
    500: '#cccc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc61;
$custom-light: #dedb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82362,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC61

secondary

#43438E

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC61

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

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