#CCC259#CCC259

#CCC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.127 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC259
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -9.88, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 54.00, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0304 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.127 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9983, 52.1438, 17.0910)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC259 #5963CC

analogous

#CC8959 #CCC259 #9CCC59

triadic

#CCC259 #59CCC2 #C259CC

tetradic

#CCC259 #59CC89 #5963CC #CC599C

square

#CCC259 #59CC89 #5963CC #CC599C

split-complementary

#CCC259 #599CCC #8959CC

monochromatic

#837B28 #B1A736 #CCC259 #DAD388 #E9E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CCC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CCC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC259

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC259	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.127 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded48b',
    500: '#ccc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc259;
$custom-light: #ded48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80148,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC259

secondary

#3F468A

accent

#58DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC259

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

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