#CCC859#CCC859

#CCC859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.133 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC859
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -12.94, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 56.40, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0391 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.133 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3607, 54.8686, 17.5451)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC859 #595DCC

analogous

#CC8E59 #CCC859 #97CC59

triadic

#CCC859 #59CCC8 #C859CC

tetradic

#CCC859 #59CC8E #595DCC #CC5997

square

#CCC859 #59CC8E #595DCC #CC5997

split-complementary

#CCC859 #5997CC #8E59CC

monochromatic

#837F28 #B1AD36 #CCC859 #DAD888 #E9E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CCC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CCC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC859

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC859	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)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.133 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded88c',
    500: '#ccc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc859;
$custom-light: #ded88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81419,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC859

secondary

#3F428A

accent

#50DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC859

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

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