#CCCC66#CCCC66

#CCCC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.125 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC66
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -13.90, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 52.16, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0405 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.125 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8941, 56.9836, 20.9911)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC66 #6666CC

analogous

#CC9966 #CCCC66 #99CC66

triadic

#CCCC66 #66CCCC #CC66CC

tetradic

#CCCC66 #66CC99 #6666CC #CC6699

square

#CCCC66 #66CC99 #6666CC #CC6699

split-complementary

#CCCC66 #6699CC #9966CC

monochromatic

#8A8A2E #B8B83D #CCCC66 #DBDB94 #EBEBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CCCC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#CCCC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC66

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC66	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.125 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb94',
    500: '#cccc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc66;
$custom-light: #dddb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82423,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC66

secondary

#464691

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC66

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

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