#CCC357#CCC357

#CCC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.130 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC357
RGB	rgb(204, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -10.55, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 55.30, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0325 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.13 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1388, 52.5573, 16.7291)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC357 #5760CC

analogous

#CC8957 #CCC357 #9ACC57

triadic

#CCC357 #57CCC3 #C357CC

tetradic

#CCC357 #57CC89 #5760CC #CC579A

square

#CCC357 #57CC89 #5760CC #CC579A

split-complementary

#CCC357 #579ACC #8957CC

monochromatic

#817A27 #B0A736 #CCC357 #DAD486 #E9E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CCC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CCC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC357

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC357	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)

#D2BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.130 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded48a',
    500: '#ccc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc357;
$custom-light: #ded48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80337,
    "c": 0.1298,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC357

secondary

#3E4489

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC357

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

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