#CCC55B#CCC55B

#CCC55B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.128 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC55B
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -11.26, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 54.28, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0341 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.128 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7578, 53.5267, 17.7642)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC55B #5B62CC

analogous

#CC8C5B #CCC55B #9BCC5B

triadic

#CCC55B #5BCCC5 #C55BCC

tetradic

#CCC55B #5BCC8C #5B62CC #CC5B9B

square

#CCC55B #5BCC8C #5B62CC #CC5B9B

split-complementary

#CCC55B #5B9BCC #8C5BCC

monochromatic

#847E29 #B2AB37 #CCC55B #DBD68A #E9E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CCC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CCC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC55B

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC55B	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.128 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded68d',
    500: '#ccc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc55b;
$custom-light: #ded68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80804,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC55B

secondary

#40458B

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC55B

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

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