#CCC57E#CCC57E

#CCC57E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.092 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC57E
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 126)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 38.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -7.94, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 37.35, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0213 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.092 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6348, 54.2774, 27.6493)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC57E #7E85CC

analogous

#CC9E7E #CCC57E #ACCC7E

triadic

#CCC57E #7ECCC5 #C57ECC

tetradic

#CCC57E #7ECC9E #7E85CC #CC7EAC

square

#CCC57E #7ECC9E #7E85CC #CC7EAC

split-complementary

#CCC57E #7EACCC #9E7ECC

monochromatic

#958D3B #BBB152 #CCC57E #DDD9AA #EFECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CCC57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CCC57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC57E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC57E	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.092 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6a4',
    500: '#ccc57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc57e;
$custom-light: #ddd6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81295,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC57E

secondary

#53599B

accent

#3BB62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC57E

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

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