#CCCA59#CCCA59

#CCCA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.135 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCA59
RGB	rgb(204, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -13.95, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 57.23, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.042 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.135 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8269, 55.8010, 17.7006)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCA59 #595BCC

analogous

#CC9159 #CCCA59 #94CC59

triadic

#CCCA59 #59CCCA #CA59CC

tetradic

#CCCA59 #59CC91 #595BCC #CC5994

square

#CCCA59 #59CC91 #595BCC #CC5994

split-complementary

#CCCA59 #5994CC #9159CC

monochromatic

#838128 #B1AF36 #CCCA59 #DAD988 #E9E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CCCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CCCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCA59

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCA59	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.135 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded98c',
    500: '#ccca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccca59;
$custom-light: #ded98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81845,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCA59

secondary

#3F418A

accent

#4EDC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCA59

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

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