#CCC659#CCC659

#CCC659 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.131 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC659
RGB	rgb(204, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -11.92, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 55.59, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0363 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.131 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9005, 53.9483, 17.3918)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC659 #595FCC

analogous

#CC8D59 #CCC659 #98CC59

triadic

#CCC659 #59CCC6 #C659CC

tetradic

#CCC659 #59CC8D #595FCC #CC5998

square

#CCC659 #59CC8D #595FCC #CC5998

split-complementary

#CCC659 #5998CC #8D59CC

monochromatic

#837E28 #B1AB36 #CCC659 #DAD688 #E9E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CCC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CCC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC659

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC659	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.131 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded78b',
    500: '#ccc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc659;
$custom-light: #ded78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80994,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC659

secondary

#3F438A

accent

#53DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC659

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

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