#CCC256#CCC256

#CCC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.130 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC256
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -10.11, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 55.36, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0314 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.13 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.8749, 52.0944, 16.4410)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC256 #5660CC

analogous

#CC8756 #CCC256 #9BCC56

triadic

#CCC256 #56CCC2 #C256CC

tetradic

#CCC256 #56CC87 #5660CC #CC569B

square

#CCC256 #56CC87 #5660CC #CC569B

split-complementary

#CCC256 #569BCC #8756CC

monochromatic

#817927 #B0A535 #CCC256 #DAD385 #E8E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CCC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC256

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC256	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)

#D1BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.130 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded489',
    500: '#ccc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc256;
$custom-light: #ded489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80115,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC256

secondary

#3E4488

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC256

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

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