#CCD261#CCD261

#CCD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.137 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD261
RGB	rgb(204, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -17.32, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 57.10, 107.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0508 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.137 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1072, 59.7946, 20.2089)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD261 #6761D2

analogous

#D2A061 #CCD261 #93D261

triadic

#CCD261 #61CCD2 #D261CC

tetradic

#CCD261 #61D2A0 #6761D2 #D26193

square

#CCD261 #61D2A0 #6761D2 #D26193

split-complementary

#CCD261 #6193D2 #A061D2

monochromatic

#8A9029 #B8BF36 #CCD261 #DBE091 #EBEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CCD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#CCD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD261

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD261	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.137 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf91',
    500: '#ccd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd261;
$custom-light: #dedf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.186,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83646,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD261

secondary

#464296

accent

#22C32B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD261

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

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