#CCCA69

sRGB: 204 / 202 / 105

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Wandering dreams reveal unspoken wonders

#CCCA69 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 202 green and 105 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 58.8° lands in the yellow region. Its 49.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 60.6% 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 (12.22:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 202, 105
HSL: 58.79°, 49.25%, 60.59%
HSV / HSB: 58.79°, 48.53%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.98%, 48.53%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 48.570, 56.099, 21.635
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.670, -12.625, 48.250
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56098
24-bit decimal: 13421161

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 #CCCA69 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: 12.22:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.72:1

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

#696BCC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCCA69 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.

#CCCA69 #696BCC

Analogous

#CC9869 and #9DCC69 sit 30° to either side of #CCCA69. 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.

#CC9869 #CCCA69 #9DCC69

Triadic

#CCCA69, #69CCCA and #CA69CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCCA69 #69CCCA #CA69CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCCA69 and look across the wheel. #699DCC and #9869CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCCA69 #699DCC #9869CC

Square

Starting with #CCCA69, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #69CC98, #696BCC, then #CC699D. Across the square, #CCCA69 pairs with #696BCC, and #69CC98 with #CC699D.

#CCCA69 #69CC98 #696BCC #CC699D

Tetradic

#CCCA69 and #696BCC are opposites, as are #6BCC69 and #CA69CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCCA69 #6BCC69 #696BCC #CA69CC

Tints

Mixing #CCCA69 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D587, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F4E1, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCCA69 #D6D587 #E0DFA5 #EBEAC3 #F5F4E1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCCA69 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3A254, keeps 80% of the original. By #292815, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCCA69 #A3A254 #7A793F #52512A #292815 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCCA69 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDBB6E, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8F7B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCCA69 #BDBB6E #AEAC72 #9E9E77 #8F8F7B #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

#CCCA69

RGB

rgb(204 202 105)

HSL

hsl(58.788 49.254% 60.588%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCCA69;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCCA69 uses 204 red, 202 green and 105 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 79.2%

Blue 41.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCCA69 is 0.0% cyan, 1.0% magenta, 48.5% 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 48.5%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCC66. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CC6 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CCCA69 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC66, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CCCA69 #BCBA7A #ABAA8A #9B9B9B #8A8BAB #7A7BBC #696BCC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCCA69 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.

#D8C360

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.

#DAC76E

Tritanopia

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

#D8BFB4

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.

#D4C665

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.

#D5C86C

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CFC78A

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.

#C9C8A0

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 0.14126

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 0.46338

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60148 G 0.59106 B 0.18170

CIE xyY

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

x 0.385 y 0.444 Y 56.099

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 20.784 Y % 58.824

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11001010 01101001