#CCC856#CCC856

#CCC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.136 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC856
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -13.16, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 57.73, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0401 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.136 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2373, 54.8192, 16.8952)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC856 #565ACC

analogous

#CC8D56 #CCC856 #95CC56

triadic

#CCC856 #56CCC8 #C856CC

tetradic

#CCC856 #56CC8D #565ACC #CC5695

square

#CCC856 #56CC8D #565ACC #CC5695

split-complementary

#CCC856 #5695CC #8D56CC

monochromatic

#817E27 #B0AC35 #CCC856 #DAD785 #E8E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CCC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CCC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC856

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC856	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.136 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded88a',
    500: '#ccc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc856;
$custom-light: #ded88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81387,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC856

secondary

#3E4088

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC856

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

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