#CCC55F#CCC55F

#CCC55F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.125 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC55F
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -10.94, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 52.45, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0328 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.125 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9350, 53.5975, 18.6972)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC55F #5F66CC

analogous

#CC8E5F #CCC55F #9CCC5F

triadic

#CCC55F #5FCCC5 #C55FCC

tetradic

#CCC55F #5FCC8E #5F66CC #CC5F9C

square

#CCC55F #5FCC8E #5F66CC #CC5F9C

split-complementary

#CCC55F #5F9CCC #8E5FCC

monochromatic

#86802B #B4AC39 #CCC55F #DBD68D #EAE7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CCC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CCC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC55F

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC55F	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)

#D4BF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.125 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded68f',
    500: '#ccc55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc55f;
$custom-light: #ded68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 51.659,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80851,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC55F

secondary

#42478D

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC55F

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

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