#CCC059#CCC059

#CCC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC059
RGB	rgb(204, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -8.86, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 53.23, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0275 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5562, 51.2595, 16.9436)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC059 #5965CC

analogous

#CC8659 #CCC059 #9FCC59

triadic

#CCC059 #59CCC0 #C059CC

tetradic

#CCC059 #59CC86 #5965CC #CC599F

square

#CCC059 #59CC86 #5965CC #CC599F

split-complementary

#CCC059 #599FCC #8659CC

monochromatic

#837928 #B1A536 #CCC059 #DAD288 #E9E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CCC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CCC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC059

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC059	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded28b',
    500: '#ccc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc059;
$custom-light: #ded28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79726,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC059

secondary

#3F478A

accent

#5BDC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC059

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

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