#CCC159#CCC159

#CCC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC159
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -9.37, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 53.61, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.029 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7765, 51.7002, 17.0171)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC159 #5964CC

analogous

#CC8859 #CCC159 #9DCC59

triadic

#CCC159 #59CCC1 #C159CC

tetradic

#CCC159 #59CC88 #5964CC #CC599D

square

#CCC159 #59CC88 #5964CC #CC599D

split-complementary

#CCC159 #599DCC #8859CC

monochromatic

#837A28 #B1A636 #CCC159 #DAD288 #E9E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CCC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC159

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC159	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded38b',
    500: '#ccc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc159;
$custom-light: #ded38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79937,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC159

secondary

#3F468A

accent

#59DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC159

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

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