#CCC55E#CCC55E

#CCC55E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.125 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC55E
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -11.02, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 52.91, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0331 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.125 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8898, 53.5795, 18.4594)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC55E #5E65CC

analogous

#CC8E5E #CCC55E #9CCC5E

triadic

#CCC55E #5ECCC5 #C55ECC

tetradic

#CCC55E #5ECC8E #5E65CC #CC5E9C

square

#CCC55E #5ECC8E #5E65CC #CC5E9C

split-complementary

#CCC55E #5E9CCC #8E5ECC

monochromatic

#85802A #B4AC39 #CCC55E #DBD68C #E9E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CCC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CCC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC55E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC55E	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.125 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded68f',
    500: '#ccc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc55e;
$custom-light: #ded68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 51.887,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80839,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC55E

secondary

#42468D

accent

#56DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC55E

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

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