#CCC156#CCC156

#CCC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC156
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -9.60, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 54.97, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0299 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6531, 51.6508, 16.3671)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC156 #5661CC

analogous

#CC8656 #CCC156 #9CCC56

triadic

#CCC156 #56CCC1 #C156CC

tetradic

#CCC156 #56CC86 #5661CC #CC569C

square

#CCC156 #56CC86 #5661CC #CC569C

split-complementary

#CCC156 #569CCC #8656CC

monochromatic

#817827 #B0A435 #CCC156 #DAD285 #E8E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CCC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC156

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC156	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded389',
    500: '#ccc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc156;
$custom-light: #ded389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79903,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC156

secondary

#3E4588

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC156

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

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