#CCCC55#CCCC55

#CCCC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC55
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -15.24, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 59.80, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0461 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.141 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1358, 56.6803, 16.9973)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC55 #5555CC

analogous

#CC9155 #CCCC55 #91CC55

triadic

#CCCC55 #55CCCC #CC55CC

tetradic

#CCCC55 #55CC91 #5555CC #CC5591

square

#CCCC55 #55CC91 #5555CC #CC5591

split-complementary

#CCCC55 #5591CC #9155CC

monochromatic

#808026 #AFAF35 #CCCC55 #DADA84 #E8E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CCCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CCCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC55

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC55	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb89',
    500: '#cccc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc55;
$custom-light: #dedb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82231,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC55

secondary

#3D3D88

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC55

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

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