#CCC56D#CCC56D

#CCC56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.111 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC56D
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 46.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -9.70, 44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 45.79, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0278 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.111 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6295, 53.8754, 22.3550)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC56D #6D74CC

analogous

#CC966D #CCC56D #A4CC6D

triadic

#CCC56D #6DCCC5 #C56DCC

tetradic

#CCC56D #6DCC96 #6D74CC #CC6DA4

square

#CCC56D #6DCC96 #6D74CC #CC6DA4

split-complementary

#CCC56D #6DA4CC #966DCC

monochromatic

#8D8631 #BBB241 #CCC56D #DCD79A #ECE9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CCC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CCC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC56D

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC56D	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.111 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd698',
    500: '#ccc56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc56d;
$custom-light: #ddd698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.579,
    "s": 48.223,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81033,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC56D

secondary

#494F94

accent

#35BC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC56D

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

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