#CCC457#CCC457

#CCC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC457
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -11.06, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 55.69, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.034 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3636, 53.0069, 16.8041)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC457 #575FCC

analogous

#CC8957 #CCC457 #9ACC57

triadic

#CCC457 #57CCC4 #C457CC

tetradic

#CCC457 #57CC89 #575FCC #CC579A

square

#CCC457 #57CC89 #575FCC #CC579A

split-complementary

#CCC457 #579ACC #8957CC

monochromatic

#817B27 #B0A836 #CCC457 #DAD486 #E9E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CCC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC457

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC457	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded58a',
    500: '#ccc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc457;
$custom-light: #ded58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80548,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC457

secondary

#3E4389

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC457

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

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