#CCC079#CCC079

#CCC079 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.092 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC079
RGB	rgb(204, 192, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -5.90, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 37.74, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0158 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.092 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2036, 51.9185, 25.6202)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC079 #7985CC

analogous

#CC9679 #CCC079 #AECC79

triadic

#CCC079 #79CCC0 #C079CC

tetradic

#CCC079 #79CC96 #7985CC #CC79AE

square

#CCC079 #79CC96 #7985CC #CC79AE

split-complementary

#CCC079 #79AECC #9679CC

monochromatic

#938638 #BBAB4D #CCC079 #DDD5A5 #EEEAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CCC079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC079

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC079	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 192, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.092 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd2a0',
    500: '#ccc079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc079;
$custom-light: #ddd2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.325,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80168,
    "c": 0.09233,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC079

secondary

#505B99

accent

#42B82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC079

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

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