All About Color #CCC500

#CCC500

About #CCC500

#CCC500 is a medium yellow color with the hex code #CCC500. In RGB it is red 204, green 197, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 58°, saturation 100%, lightness 40%; in CMYK it is 0%, 3%, 100%, 20%. Its contrast ratio is 1.82:1 on white and 11.55:1 on black.

#CCC500 Color Conversion

Hex tripletCC, C5, 00
CMYK0.00%, 3.43%, 100.00%, 20.00%
RGB Decimal204, 197, 0
HSL58°, 100%, 40%
RGB Octal314, 305, 0
HSV (HSB)57.94°, 100.00%, 80.00%
RGB Binary11001100, 11000101, 0
CIE-L*AB77.74, -14.73, 78.48
RGB Percent80.00%, 77.25%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH77.74, 79.85, 100.63
XYZ44.87, 52.77, 7.82
CIE-L*UV77.74, 11.00, 84.89
xyY0.43, 0.50, 52.77
Hunter-Lab72.64, -16.87, 44.47
RYB2.84%, 80.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#CCC500 on a dark background: contrast 11.55:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#CCC500 on a light background: contrast 1.82:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #CCC500, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #CCC500. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#CCC500 · #FFF829 · #706C00 · #0007CC · #2930FF

Analogous palette

#CC0007 · #CC5F00 · #CCC500 · #6DCC00 · #07CC00

Triadic palette

#CCC500 · #00CCC5 · #C500CC · #FFF829 · #29FFF8

Tetradic palette

#CCC500 · #00CC5F · #0007CC · #CC006D · #706C00

Monochromatic palette

#333100 · #807B00 · #CCC500 · #FFF71A · #FFFA66

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