#CCC899#CCC899

#CCC899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.063 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC899
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 25%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -6.11, 24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 24.84, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0148 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.063 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3059, 56.4467, 38.3234)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC899 #999DCC

analogous

#CCAE99 #CCC899 #B7CC99

triadic

#CCC899 #99CCC8 #C899CC

tetradic

#CCC899 #99CCAE #999DCC #CC99B7

square

#CCC899 #99CCAE #999DCC #CC99B7

split-complementary

#CCC899 #99B7CC #AE99CC

monochromatic

#9C964E #B8B270 #CCC899 #E0DEC2 #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CCC899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CCC899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC899

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC899	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.063 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd8b7',
    500: '#ccc899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc899;
$custom-light: #dcd8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82429,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC899

secondary

#686DA1

accent

#42AC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC899

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

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