#CCC955#CCC955

#CCC955 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.138 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC955
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -13.74, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 58.57, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0418 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.138 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4296, 55.2679, 16.7619)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC955 #5558CC

analogous

#CC8E55 #CCC955 #94CC55

triadic

#CCC955 #55CCC9 #C955CC

tetradic

#CCC955 #55CC8E #5558CC #CC5594

square

#CCC955 #55CC8E #5558CC #CC5594

split-complementary

#CCC955 #5594CC #8E55CC

monochromatic

#807E26 #AFAC35 #CCC955 #DAD884 #E8E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CCC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CCC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC955

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC955	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.138 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded989',
    500: '#ccc955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc955;
$custom-light: #ded989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8159,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC955

secondary

#3D3F88

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC955

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

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