#CCC656#CCC656

#CCC656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.134 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC656
RGB	rgb(204, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -12.15, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 56.93, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0372 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.134 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7771, 53.8989, 16.7418)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC656 #565CCC

analogous

#CC8B56 #CCC656 #97CC56

triadic

#CCC656 #56CCC6 #C656CC

tetradic

#CCC656 #56CC8B #565CCC #CC5697

square

#CCC656 #56CC8B #565CCC #CC5697

split-complementary

#CCC656 #5697CC #8B56CC

monochromatic

#817C27 #B0AA35 #CCC656 #DAD685 #E8E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CCC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CCC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC656

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC656	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.134 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded78a',
    500: '#ccc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc656;
$custom-light: #ded78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80962,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC656

secondary

#3E4288

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC656

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

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