#CCCC59#CCCC59

#CCCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.137 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC59
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -14.95, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 58.06, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0449 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.137 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2992, 56.7456, 17.8580)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC59 #5959CC

analogous

#CC9359 #CCCC59 #93CC59

triadic

#CCCC59 #59CCCC #CC59CC

tetradic

#CCCC59 #59CC93 #5959CC #CC5993

square

#CCCC59 #59CC93 #5959CC #CC5993

split-complementary

#CCCC59 #5993CC #9359CC

monochromatic

#838328 #B1B136 #CCCC59 #DADA88 #E9E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CCCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#CCCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC59

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC59	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.137 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb8c',
    500: '#cccc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc59;
$custom-light: #dedb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82273,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC59

secondary

#3F3F8A

accent

#4BDC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC59

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

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