#CCCC96#CCCC96

#CCCC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.071 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC96
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -8.58, 27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 28.34, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0219 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.071 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9998, 58.2259, 37.3476)
Luminance	0.5823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC96 #9696CC

analogous

#CCB196 #CCCC96 #B1CC96

triadic

#CCCC96 #96CCCC #CC96CC

tetradic

#CCCC96 #96CCB1 #9696CC #CC96B1

square

#CCCC96 #96CCB1 #9696CC #CC96B1

split-complementary

#CCCC96 #96B1CC #B196CC

monochromatic

#9C9C4C #B8B86D #CCCC96 #E0E0BF #F4F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CCCC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#CCCC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC96

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC96	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.071 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdbb5',
    500: '#cccc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc96;
$custom-light: #dcdbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.832,
    "c": 0.07136,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC96

secondary

#6565A1

accent

#38AD38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC96

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

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