#CCCD59#CCCD59

#CCCD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.138 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCD59
RGB	rgb(204, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -15.45, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 58.48, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0463 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.138 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5377, 57.2225, 17.9375)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCD59 #5A59CD

analogous

#CD9459 #CCCD59 #92CD59

triadic

#CCCD59 #59CCCD #CD59CC

tetradic

#CCCD59 #59CD94 #5A59CD #CD5992

square

#CCCD59 #59CD94 #5A59CD #CD5992

split-complementary

#CCCD59 #5992CD #9459CD

monochromatic

#838428 #B2B336 #CCCD59 #DADB88 #E9E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CCCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CCCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCD59

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCD59	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.138 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc8c',
    500: '#cccd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccd59;
$custom-light: #dedc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.517,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82487,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCD59

secondary

#403F8B

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCD59

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

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