#CCC97E#CCC97E

#CCC97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.096 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC97E
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 126)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 38.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -9.99, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 39.15, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0272 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.096 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5551, 56.1181, 27.9560)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC97E #7E81CC

analogous

#CCA27E #CCC97E #A8CC7E

triadic

#CCC97E #7ECCC9 #C97ECC

tetradic

#CCC97E #7ECCA2 #7E81CC #CC7EA8

square

#CCC97E #7ECCA2 #7E81CC #CC7EA8

split-complementary

#CCC97E #7EA8CC #A27ECC

monochromatic

#95913B #BBB752 #CCC97E #DDDBAA #EFEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CCC97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CCC97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC97E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC97E	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.096 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a4',
    500: '#ccc97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc97e;
$custom-light: #ddd9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82134,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC97E

secondary

#53569B

accent

#34B62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC97E

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

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