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#CCC85F

#ccc85f ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ccc85f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 78.43% green and 37.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 53.43% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 57.8°, with 51.66% saturation and 58.63% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 4.76.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.5497

Complementary

  1. #ccc85f
  2. #5f63cc

Split complementary

  1. #ccc85f
  2. #5f9acc
  3. #925fcc

Analogous

  1. #cc925f
  2. #ccc85f
  3. #9acc5f

Triadic

  1. #ccc85f
  2. #5fccc8
  3. #c85fcc

Tetradic

  1. #ccc85f
  2. #63cc5f
  3. #5f63cc
  4. #c85fcc

Square

  1. #ccc85f
  2. #5fcc92
  3. #5f63cc
  4. #cc5f9a

Monochromatic

  1. #6f6c23
  2. #a9a536
  3. #ccc85f
  4. #dedc99
  5. #f1f0d3

Shades

#ccc85f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccc85f
  2. #b8b456
  3. #a3a04c
  4. #8f8c43
  5. #7a7839
  6. #666430
  7. #525026
  8. #3d3c1d
  9. #292813
  10. #14140a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccc85f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccc85f
  2. #d1ce6f
  3. #d6d37f
  4. #dbd98f
  5. #e0de9f
  6. #e6e4af
  7. #ebe9bf
  8. #f0efcf
  9. #f5f4df
  10. #fafaef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccc85f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccc85f
  2. #c4c162
  3. #bdba66
  4. #b5b269
  5. #aeab6c
  6. #a6a470
  7. #9e9d73
  8. #979676
  9. #8f8e79
  10. #88877d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7c5a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7c155 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c664 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9bdb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2c459 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4c762 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4c197 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccc85f {
  color: #ccc85f;
}
Background
.bg-ccc85f {
  background-color: #ccc85f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccc85f {
  border: 2px solid #ccc85f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccc85f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 200 95;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 52% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccc85f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc85f, #9acc5f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccc85f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 200 95 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.76 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.40 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.04 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.42 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.64 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 7.92 #3337a0 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Straw
#ccc85f  rgb(204, 200, 95)  hsl(58, 52%, 59%)  Straw
#5f63cc  rgb(95, 99, 204)  hsl(238, 52%, 59%)  Slate Blue
#5fccc8  rgb(95, 204, 200)  hsl(178, 52%, 59%)  Medium Turquoise
#c85fcc  rgb(200, 95, 204)  hsl(298, 52%, 59%)  Medium Orchid