#CCC559#CCC559

#CCC559 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.130 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC559
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -11.42, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 55.19, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0348 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.13 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6727, 53.4926, 17.3158)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC559 #5960CC

analogous

#CC8C59 #CCC559 #99CC59

triadic

#CCC559 #59CCC5 #C559CC

tetradic

#CCC559 #59CC8C #5960CC #CC5999

square

#CCC559 #59CC8C #5960CC #CC5999

split-complementary

#CCC559 #5999CC #8C59CC

monochromatic

#837D28 #B1AA36 #CCC559 #DAD588 #E9E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CCC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CCC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC559

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC559	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.130 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded68b',
    500: '#ccc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc559;
$custom-light: #ded68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80782,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC559

secondary

#3F448A

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC559

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

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