#CCCA94

sRGB: 204 / 202 / 148

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Rising tides drift toward tomorrow

#CCCA94 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 202 green and 148 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 35.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.0% 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 (12.44:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 202, 148
HSL: 57.86°, 35.44%, 69.02%
HSV / HSB: 57.86°, 27.45%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.98%, 27.45%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.366, 57.217, 36.356
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.301, -7.821, 27.296
WCAG relative luminance: 0.57217
24-bit decimal: 13421204

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 #CCCA94 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: 12.44:1

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

#9496CC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCCA94 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.

#CCCA94 #9496CC

Analogous

#CCAE94 and #B2CC94 sit 30° to either side of #CCCA94. 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.

#CCAE94 #CCCA94 #B2CC94

Triadic

#CCCA94, #94CCCA and #CA94CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCCA94 #94CCCA #CA94CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCCA94 and look across the wheel. #94B2CC and #AE94CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCCA94 #94B2CC #AE94CC

Square

Starting with #CCCA94, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #94CCAE, #9496CC, then #CC94B2. Across the square, #CCCA94 pairs with #9496CC, and #94CCAE with #CC94B2.

#CCCA94 #94CCAE #9496CC #CC94B2

Tetradic

#CCCA94 and #9496CC are opposites, as are #96CC94 and #CA94CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCCA94 #96CC94 #9496CC #CA94CC

Tints

Mixing #CCCA94 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D5A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F4EA, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCCA94 #D6D5A9 #E0DFBF #EBEAD4 #F5F4EA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCCA94 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3A276, keeps 80% of the original. By #29281E, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCCA94 #A3A276 #7A7959 #52513B #29281E #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCCA94 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDBB90, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8F84, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCCA94 #BDBB90 #AEAC8C #9E9E88 #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

#CCCA94

RGB

rgb(204 202 148)

HSL

hsl(57.857 35.443% 69.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCCA94;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCCA94 uses 204 red, 202 green and 148 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 79.2%

Blue 58.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCCA94 is 0.0% cyan, 1.0% magenta, 27.5% 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 27.5%

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 #CCCA94 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

#CCCA94 #C3C19D #B9B9A7 #B0B0B0 #A7A7B9 #9D9FC3 #9496CC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCCA94 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.

#D3C690

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.

#D5C896

Tritanopia

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

#D4C3BC

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.

#D1C792

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.

#D2C995

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CEC8A4

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.

#CAC9B0

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 0.29614

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 0.60356

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60148 G 0.59106 B 0.32271

CIE xyY

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

x 0.354 y 0.395 Y 57.217

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 20.784 Y % 41.961

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11001010 10010100