#CCC255#CCC255

#CCC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.131 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC255
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -10.18, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 55.80, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0317 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.131 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8349, 52.0784, 16.2303)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC255 #555FCC

analogous

#CC8755 #CCC255 #9BCC55

triadic

#CCC255 #55CCC2 #C255CC

tetradic

#CCC255 #55CC87 #555FCC #CC559B

square

#CCC255 #55CC87 #555FCC #CC559B

split-complementary

#CCC255 #559BCC #8755CC

monochromatic

#807926 #AFA535 #CCC255 #DAD384 #E8E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CCC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC255

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC255	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.131 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded489',
    500: '#ccc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc255;
$custom-light: #ded489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80104,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC255

secondary

#3D4488

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC255

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

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