#CCC356#CCC356

#CCC356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.131 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC356
RGB	rgb(204, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -10.62, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 55.74, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0329 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.131 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0982, 52.5410, 16.5155)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC356 #565FCC

analogous

#CC8856 #CCC356 #9ACC56

triadic

#CCC356 #56CCC3 #C356CC

tetradic

#CCC356 #56CC88 #565FCC #CC569A

square

#CCC356 #56CC88 #565FCC #CC569A

split-complementary

#CCC356 #569ACC #8856CC

monochromatic

#817A27 #B0A635 #CCC356 #DAD485 #E8E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CCC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CCC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC356

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC356	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.131 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded489',
    500: '#ccc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc356;
$custom-light: #ded489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80326,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC356

secondary

#3E4488

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC356

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

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