#CCC657#CCC657

#CCC657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.133 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC657
RGB	rgb(204, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -12.07, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 56.48, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0369 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.133 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8177, 53.9151, 16.9555)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC657 #575DCC

analogous

#CC8C57 #CCC657 #98CC57

triadic

#CCC657 #57CCC6 #C657CC

tetradic

#CCC657 #57CC8C #575DCC #CC5798

square

#CCC657 #57CC8C #575DCC #CC5798

split-complementary

#CCC657 #5798CC #8C57CC

monochromatic

#817D27 #B0AA36 #CCC657 #DAD686 #E9E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CCC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CCC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC657

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC657	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)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.133 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded78a',
    500: '#ccc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc657;
$custom-light: #ded78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80973,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC657

secondary

#3E4289

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC657

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

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