#CCCC99#CCCC99

#CCCC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.068 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC99
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -8.17, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 26.79, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0207 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.068 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2444, 58.3237, 38.6362)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC99 #9999CC

analogous

#CCB399 #CCCC99 #B3CC99

triadic

#CCCC99 #99CCCC #CC99CC

tetradic

#CCCC99 #99CCB3 #9999CC #CC99B3

square

#CCCC99 #99CCB3 #9999CC #CC99B3

split-complementary

#CCCC99 #99B2CC #B299CC

monochromatic

#9C9C4E #B8B870 #CCCC99 #E0E0C2 #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CCCC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#CCCC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC99

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC99	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.068 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcdbb7',
    500: '#cccc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc99;
$custom-light: #dcdbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83261,
    "c": 0.0676,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC99

secondary

#6868A1

accent

#39AC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC99

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

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