#CCCC56#CCCC56

#CCCC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.140 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC56
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -15.17, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 59.37, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0458 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.14 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1758, 56.6963, 17.2080)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC56 #5656CC

analogous

#CC9156 #CCCC56 #91CC56

triadic

#CCCC56 #56CCCC #CC56CC

tetradic

#CCCC56 #56CC91 #5656CC #CC5691

square

#CCCC56 #56CC91 #5656CC #CC5691

split-complementary

#CCCC56 #5691CC #9156CC

monochromatic

#818127 #B0B035 #CCCC56 #DADA85 #E8E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CCCC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CCCC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC56

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC56	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.140 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb8a',
    500: '#cccc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc56;
$custom-light: #dedb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82241,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC56

secondary

#3E3E88

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC56

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

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