#CCC55D#CCC55D

#CCC55D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.126 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC55D
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 54.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -11.10, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 53.37, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0335 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.126 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8453, 53.5616, 18.2246)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC55D #5D64CC

analogous

#CC8D5D #CCC55D #9BCC5D

triadic

#CCC55D #5DCCC5 #C55DCC

tetradic

#CCC55D #5DCC8D #5D64CC #CC5D9B

square

#CCC55D #5DCC8D #5D64CC #CC5D9B

split-complementary

#CCC55D #5D9BCC #8D5DCC

monochromatic

#857F2A #B3AC38 #CCC55D #DBD68C #E9E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CCC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CCC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC55D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC55D	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)

#D4BF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.126 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded68e',
    500: '#ccc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc55d;
$custom-light: #ded68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80827,
    "c": 0.12639,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC55D

secondary

#41468C

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC55D

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

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