#CCC157#CCC157

#CCC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.128 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC157
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -9.52, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 54.52, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0296 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.128 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6936, 51.6670, 16.5808)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC157 #5762CC

analogous

#CC8757 #CCC157 #9DCC57

triadic

#CCC157 #57CCC1 #C157CC

tetradic

#CCC157 #57CC87 #5762CC #CC579D

square

#CCC157 #57CC87 #5762CC #CC579D

split-complementary

#CCC157 #579DCC #8757CC

monochromatic

#817927 #B0A536 #CCC157 #DAD286 #E9E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CCC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC157

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC157	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)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.128 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded38a',
    500: '#ccc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc157;
$custom-light: #ded38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79914,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC157

secondary

#3E4589

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC157

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

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