#CCD161#CCD161

#CCD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.136 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD161
RGB	rgb(204, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -16.82, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 56.66, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0493 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.136 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8611, 59.3024, 20.1269)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD161 #6661D1

analogous

#D19E61 #CCD161 #94D161

triadic

#CCD161 #61CCD1 #D161CC

tetradic

#CCD161 #61D19E #6661D1 #D16194

square

#CCD161 #61D19E #6661D1 #D16194

split-complementary

#CCD161 #6194D1 #9E61D1

monochromatic

#8A8E29 #B8BE37 #CCD161 #DBDF90 #EBEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CCD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#CCD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD161

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD161	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.136 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf91',
    500: '#ccd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd161;
$custom-light: #dedf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.679,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83432,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD161

secondary

#464294

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD161

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

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