#CCC257#CCC257

#CCC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.129 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC257
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -10.03, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 54.91, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0311 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.9154, 52.1106, 16.6547)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC257 #5761CC

analogous

#CC8857 #CCC257 #9CCC57

triadic

#CCC257 #57CCC2 #C257CC

tetradic

#CCC257 #57CC88 #5761CC #CC579C

square

#CCC257 #57CC88 #5761CC #CC579C

split-complementary

#CCC257 #579CCC #8857CC

monochromatic

#817A27 #B0A636 #CCC257 #DAD386 #E9E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CCC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC257

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC257	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)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded48a',
    500: '#ccc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc257;
$custom-light: #ded48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80125,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC257

secondary

#3E4589

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC257

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

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