#CCCA52

sRGB: 204 / 202 / 82

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Tender memories disappear into mist

#CCCA52 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 202 green and 82 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 59.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 54.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 56.1% 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 (12.14:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 202, 82
HSL: 59.02°, 54.46%, 56.08%
HSV / HSB: 59.02°, 59.80%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.98%, 59.80%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 47.544, 55.688, 16.227
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.436, -14.453, 58.515
WCAG relative luminance: 0.55688
24-bit decimal: 13421138

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 #CCCA52 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: 12.14:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.73:1

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

#5254CC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCCA52 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.

#CCCA52 #5254CC

Analogous

#CC8D52 and #91CC52 sit 30° to either side of #CCCA52. 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.

#CC8D52 #CCCA52 #91CC52

Triadic

#CCCA52, #52CCCA and #CA52CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCCA52 #52CCCA #CA52CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCCA52 and look across the wheel. #5291CC and #8D52CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCCA52 #5291CC #8D52CC

Square

Starting with #CCCA52, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #52CC8D, #5254CC, then #CC5291. Across the square, #CCCA52 pairs with #5254CC, and #52CC8D with #CC5291.

#CCCA52 #52CC8D #5254CC #CC5291

Tetradic

#CCCA52 and #5254CC are opposites, as are #54CC52 and #CA52CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCCA52 #54CC52 #5254CC #CA52CC

Tints

Mixing #CCCA52 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D575, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F4DC, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCCA52 #D6D575 #E0DF97 #EBEABA #F5F4DC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCCA52 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3A242, keeps 80% of the original. By #292810, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCCA52 #A3A242 #7A7931 #525121 #292810 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCCA52 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDBB5B, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8F77, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCCA52 #BDBB5B #AEAC64 #9E9E6E #8F8F77 #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

#CCCA52

RGB

rgb(204 202 82)

HSL

hsl(59.016 54.464% 56.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCCA52;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCCA52 uses 204 red, 202 green and 82 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 79.2%

Blue 32.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCCA52 is 0.0% cyan, 1.0% magenta, 59.8% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.0%

Yellow 59.8%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCC55. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CC5 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CCCA52 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC66, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCCC55 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC66

Gradient to complement

#CCCA52 #B8B666 #A3A37B #8F8F8F #7B7BA3 #6668B8 #5254CC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCCA52 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.

#D9C244

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.

#DBC759

Tritanopia

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

#DABEB0

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.

#D5C54C

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.

#D7C856

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CFC67F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C5C5C5

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.

#C8C799

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 0.59062 B 0.08438

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 0.79861 G 0.79242 B 0.39574

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60148 G 0.59106 B 0.12990

CIE xyY

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

x 0.398 y 0.466 Y 55.688

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 20.784 Y % 67.843

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11001010 01010010