#CCC555#CCC555

#CCC555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.134 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC555
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -11.71, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 56.97, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0361 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.134 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5093, 53.4273, 16.4551)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC555 #555CCC

analogous

#CC8A55 #CCC555 #97CC55

triadic

#CCC555 #55CCC5 #C555CC

tetradic

#CCC555 #55CC8A #555CCC #CC5597

square

#CCC555 #55CC8A #555CCC #CC5597

split-complementary

#CCC555 #5597CC #8A55CC

monochromatic

#807B26 #AFA835 #CCC555 #DAD584 #E8E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CCC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CCC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC555

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC555	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.134 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded689',
    500: '#ccc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc555;
$custom-light: #ded689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80739,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC555

secondary

#3D4288

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC555

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

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