#CCC759#CCC759

#CCC759 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.132 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC759
RGB	rgb(204, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -12.43, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 56.00, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0377 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.132 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1299, 54.4069, 17.4682)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC759 #595ECC

analogous

#CC8D59 #CCC759 #98CC59

triadic

#CCC759 #59CCC7 #C759CC

tetradic

#CCC759 #59CC8D #595ECC #CC5998

square

#CCC759 #59CC8D #595ECC #CC5998

split-complementary

#CCC759 #5998CC #8D59CC

monochromatic

#837F28 #B1AC36 #CCC759 #DAD788 #E9E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CCC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CCC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC759

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC759	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.132 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded78c',
    500: '#ccc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc759;
$custom-light: #ded78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81207,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC759

secondary

#3F438A

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC759

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

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