#CCCA92

sRGB: 204 / 202 / 146

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Rising tides disappear into mist

#CCCA92 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 202 green and 146 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 57.9° lands in the yellow region. Its 36.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 68.6% 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 (12.43:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 202, 146
HSL: 57.93°, 36.25%, 68.63%
HSV / HSB: 57.93°, 28.43%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.98%, 28.43%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.209, 57.154, 35.529
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.266, -8.085, 28.295
WCAG relative luminance: 0.57154
24-bit decimal: 13421202

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 #CCCA92 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: 12.43:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.69:1

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

#9294CC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCCA92 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.

#CCCA92 #9294CC

Analogous

#CCAD92 and #B1CC92 sit 30° to either side of #CCCA92. 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.

#CCAD92 #CCCA92 #B1CC92

Triadic

#CCCA92, #92CCCA and #CA92CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCCA92 #92CCCA #CA92CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCCA92 and look across the wheel. #92B1CC and #AD92CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCCA92 #92B1CC #AD92CC

Square

Starting with #CCCA92, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #92CCAD, #9294CC, then #CC92B1. Across the square, #CCCA92 pairs with #9294CC, and #92CCAD with #CC92B1.

#CCCA92 #92CCAD #9294CC #CC92B1

Tetradic

#CCCA92 and #9294CC are opposites, as are #94CC92 and #CA92CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCCA92 #94CC92 #9294CC #CA92CC

Tints

Mixing #CCCA92 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D5A8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F4E9, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCCA92 #D6D5A8 #E0DFBE #EBEAD3 #F5F4E9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCCA92 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3A275, keeps 80% of the original. By #29281D, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCCA92 #A3A275 #7A7958 #52513A #29281D #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCCA92 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDBB8E, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8F84, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCCA92 #BDBB8E #AEAC8B #9E9E87 #8F8F84 #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

#CCCA92

RGB

rgb(204 202 146)

HSL

hsl(57.931 36.250% 68.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCCA92;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCCA92 uses 204 red, 202 green and 146 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 79.2%

Blue 57.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCCA92 is 0.0% cyan, 1.0% magenta, 28.4% 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 28.4%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCC99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CC9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CCCA92 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CCCA92 #C2C19C #B9B8A5 #AFAFAF #A5A6B9 #9C9DC2 #9294CC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCCA92 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.

#D3C68E

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.

#D5C894

Tritanopia

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

#D4C3BB

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.

#D1C790

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.

#D2C993

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CEC8A3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C7C7C7

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.

#CAC9AF

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 0.28744

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 0.59677

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60148 G 0.59106 B 0.31479

CIE xyY

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

x 0.356 y 0.397 Y 57.154

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 20.784 Y % 42.745

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11001010 10010010