#CCC857#CCC857

#CCC857 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.135 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC857
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -13.09, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 57.29, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0398 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.135 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2778, 54.8354, 17.1088)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC857 #575BCC

analogous

#CC8E57 #CCC857 #95CC57

triadic

#CCC857 #57CCC8 #C857CC

tetradic

#CCC857 #57CC8E #575BCC #CC5795

square

#CCC857 #57CC8E #575BCC #CC5795

split-complementary

#CCC857 #5795CC #8E57CC

monochromatic

#817E27 #B0AC36 #CCC857 #DAD786 #E9E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CCC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CCC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC857

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC857	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.135 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded88a',
    500: '#ccc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc857;
$custom-light: #ded88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81398,
    "c": 0.13484,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC857

secondary

#3E4189

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC857

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

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