#CCBC89

sRGB: 204 / 188 / 137

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Golden visions reveal unspoken wonders

#CCBC89 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 188 green and 137 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 45.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 39.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 66.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.12:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 188, 137
HSL: 45.67°, 39.64%, 66.86%
HSV / HSB: 45.67°, 32.84%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.84%, 32.84%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 47.399, 50.611, 30.940
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.442, -1.955, 27.906
WCAG relative luminance: 0.50610
24-bit decimal: 13417609

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CCBC89 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.12:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.89:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#8999CC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCBC89 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CCBC89 #8999CC

Analogous

#CC9B89 and #BBCC89 sit 30° to either side of #CCBC89. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CC9B89 #CCBC89 #BBCC89

Triadic

#CCBC89, #89CCBC and #BC89CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCBC89 #89CCBC #BC89CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCBC89 and look across the wheel. #89BBCC and #9A89CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCBC89 #89BBCC #9A89CC

Square

Starting with #CCBC89, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #89CC9B, #8999CC, then #CC89BB. Across the square, #CCBC89 pairs with #8999CC, and #89CC9B with #CC89BB.

#CCBC89 #89CC9B #8999CC #CC89BB

Tetradic

#CCBC89 and #8999CC are opposites, as are #99CC89 and #BC89CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCBC89 #99CC89 #8999CC #BC89CC

Tints

Mixing #CCBC89 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6C9A1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2E7, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCBC89 #D6C9A1 #E0D7B8 #EBE4D0 #F5F2E7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCBC89 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3966E, keeps 80% of the original. By #29261B, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCBC89 #A3966E #7A7152 #524B37 #29261B #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCBC89 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB087, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8C82, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCBC89 #BDB087 #AEA485 #9E9884 #8F8C82 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CCBC89

RGB

rgb(204 188 137)

HSL

hsl(45.672 39.645% 66.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCBC89;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCBC89 uses 204 red, 188 green and 137 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 73.7%

Blue 53.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCBC89 is 0.0% cyan, 7.8% magenta, 32.8% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.8%

Yellow 32.8%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBB88. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CB8 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CCBC89 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCBB88 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#CCBC89 #C1B694 #B6B09F #ABABAB #9FA5B6 #949FC1 #8999CC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCBC89 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C7BA86

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#CBBF8B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D6B4AF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C9BB87

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CBBE8A

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CEBA98

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BDBDBD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C4BCA5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.60383 G 0.50289 B 0.25016

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.78933 G 0.73945 B 0.56062

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.58591 G 0.50624 B 0.27450

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.368 y 0.392 Y 50.611

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 20.000 M % 26.275 Y % 46.275

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001100 10111100 10001001