#CCCC79#CCCC79

#CCCC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.106 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC79
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -12.06, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 43.02, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0335 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.106 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9467, 57.4046, 26.5345)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC79 #7979CC

analogous

#CCA279 #CCCC79 #A2CC79

triadic

#CCCC79 #79CCCC #CC79CC

tetradic

#CCCC79 #79CCA2 #7979CC #CC79A2

square

#CCCC79 #79CCA2 #7979CC #CC79A2

split-complementary

#CCCC79 #79A2CC #A279CC

monochromatic

#939338 #BBBB4D #CCCC79 #DDDDA5 #EEEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CCCC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CCCC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC79

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC79	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.106 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddba1',
    500: '#cccc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc79;
$custom-light: #dddba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82687,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC79

secondary

#505099

accent

#2DB82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC79

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

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