#CCC956#CCC956

#CCC956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.137 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC956
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -13.66, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 58.14, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0415 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.137 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4696, 55.2839, 16.9726)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC956 #5659CC

analogous

#CC8E56 #CCC956 #94CC56

triadic

#CCC956 #56CCC9 #C956CC

tetradic

#CCC956 #56CC8E #5659CC #CC5694

square

#CCC956 #56CC8E #5659CC #CC5694

split-complementary

#CCC956 #5694CC #8E56CC

monochromatic

#817E27 #B0AD35 #CCC956 #DAD885 #E8E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CCC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CCC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC956

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC956	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.137 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded98a',
    500: '#ccc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc956;
$custom-light: #ded98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81601,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC956

secondary

#3E4088

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC956

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

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