#CCC299#CCC299

#CCC299 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.056 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC299
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 25%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -2.99, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 22.14, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0058 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.056 96)
XYZ	xyz(49.9435, 53.7219, 37.8692)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC299 #99A3CC

analogous

#CCA899 #CCC299 #BDCC99

triadic

#CCC299 #99CCC2 #C299CC

tetradic

#CCC299 #99CCA8 #99A3CC #CC99BD

square

#CCC299 #99CCA8 #99A3CC #CC99BD

split-complementary

#CCC299 #99BDCC #A899CC

monochromatic

#9C8D4E #B8AA70 #CCC299 #E0DAC2 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CCC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CCC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC299

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC299	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.056 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd4b7',
    500: '#ccc299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc299;
$custom-light: #dcd4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8119,
    "c": 0.05602,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.53721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC299

secondary

#6873A1

accent

#50AC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC299

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

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