#CCCC57#CCCC57

#CCCC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.139 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC57
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -15.10, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 58.94, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0455 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.139 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2164, 56.7125, 17.4217)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC57 #5757CC

analogous

#CC9257 #CCCC57 #92CC57

triadic

#CCCC57 #57CCCC #CC57CC

tetradic

#CCCC57 #57CC92 #5757CC #CC5792

square

#CCCC57 #57CC92 #5757CC #CC5792

split-complementary

#CCCC57 #5792CC #9257CC

monochromatic

#818127 #B0B036 #CCCC57 #DADA86 #E9E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CCCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#CCCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC57

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC57	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)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.139 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb8b',
    500: '#cccc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc57;
$custom-light: #dedb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82252,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC57

secondary

#3E3E89

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC57

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

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