#CCCE51#CCCE51

#CCCE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.146 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCE51
RGB	rgb(204, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -16.52, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 62.32, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0502 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.146 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4598, 57.5753, 16.3434)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCE51 #5351CE

analogous

#CE9251 #CCCE51 #8ECE51

triadic

#CCCE51 #51CCCE #CE51CC

tetradic

#CCCE51 #51CE92 #5351CE #CE518E

square

#CCCE51 #51CE92 #5351CE #CE518E

split-complementary

#CCCE51 #518ECE #9251CE

monochromatic

#7F8024 #AEB032 #CCCE51 #DADB81 #E8E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CCCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#CCCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCE51

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCE51	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.146 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc87',
    500: '#ccce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccce51;
$custom-light: #dedc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82621,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCE51

secondary

#3D3B88

accent

#48DF4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCE51

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →