#CCC459#CCC459

#CCC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.129 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC459
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -10.91, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 54.79, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0334 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.129 105)
XYZ	xyz(46.4464, 53.0400, 17.2404)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC459 #5961CC

analogous

#CC8A59 #CCC459 #9BCC59

triadic

#CCC459 #59CCC4 #C459CC

tetradic

#CCC459 #59CC8A #5961CC #CC599B

square

#CCC459 #59CC8A #5961CC #CC599B

split-complementary

#CCC459 #599BCC #8A59CC

monochromatic

#837C28 #B1A936 #CCC459 #DAD588 #E9E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CCC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC459

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC459	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.129 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded58b',
    500: '#ccc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc459;
$custom-light: #ded58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8057,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.53038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC459

secondary

#3F448A

accent

#55DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC459

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

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