#CCC978#CCC978

#CCC978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.103 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC978
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 41.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -10.64, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 42.14, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0295 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.103 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1795, 55.9679, 25.9779)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC978 #787BCC

analogous

#CC9F78 #CCC978 #A5CC78

triadic

#CCC978 #78CCC9 #C978CC

tetradic

#CCC978 #78CC9F #787BCC #CC78A5

square

#CCC978 #78CC9F #787BCC #CC78A5

split-complementary

#CCC978 #78A5CC #9F78CC

monochromatic

#928F37 #BBB74C #CCC978 #DDDBA4 #EEEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CCC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#CCC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC978

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC978	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.103 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a0',
    500: '#ccc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc978;
$custom-light: #ddd9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82038,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC978

secondary

#4F5299

accent

#32B82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC978

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

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