#CCC556#CCC556

#CCC556 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.133 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC556
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -11.64, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 56.53, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0358 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.133 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5493, 53.4433, 16.6658)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC556 #565DCC

analogous

#CC8A56 #CCC556 #98CC56

triadic

#CCC556 #56CCC5 #C556CC

tetradic

#CCC556 #56CC8A #565DCC #CC5698

square

#CCC556 #56CC8A #565DCC #CC5698

split-complementary

#CCC556 #5698CC #8A56CC

monochromatic

#817B27 #B0A835 #CCC556 #DAD585 #E8E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CCC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CCC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC556

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC556	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)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.133 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded68a',
    500: '#ccc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc556;
$custom-light: #ded68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8075,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC556

secondary

#3E4288

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC556

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

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