#CCC557#CCC557

#CCC557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.132 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC557
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -11.57, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 56.09, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0355 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.132 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5899, 53.4595, 16.8795)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC557 #575ECC

analogous

#CC8A57 #CCC557 #99CC57

triadic

#CCC557 #57CCC5 #C557CC

tetradic

#CCC557 #57CC8A #575ECC #CC5799

square

#CCC557 #57CC8A #575ECC #CC5799

split-complementary

#CCC557 #5799CC #8A57CC

monochromatic

#817C27 #B0A936 #CCC557 #DAD586 #E9E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CCC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CCC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC557

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC557	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)

#D4BE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.132 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded68a',
    500: '#ccc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc557;
$custom-light: #ded68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8076,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC557

secondary

#3E4389

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC557

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

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