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#ffcc56

a light, electric yellow · warm · closest name: khaki

RGB
255, 204, 86
HSL
42°, 100%, 67%
CMYK
0, 20, 66, 0
Luminance
0.6512

Every format

HEX#ffcc56
RGBrgb(255, 204, 86)
HSLhsl(42, 100%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20%, 66%, 0%)
LABlab(84.5 6.0 63.6)
LCHlch(84.5 63.9 84.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.869 0.145 85.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ffcc56;
background-color: #ffcc56;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffcc56] bg-[#ffcc56]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffcc56;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.800, blue: 0.337)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffcc56")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ffcc56 on white: 1.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ffcc56 on black: 14.02:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green80.0%
Blue33.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta20.0%
Yellow66.3%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#ffcc56 text on a black background

contrast 14.02:1

Card sample

#ffcc56 text on a white background

contrast 1.50:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ffcc56;
Background color
Panel with #ffcc56 background
background-color: #ffcc56;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffcc56;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 204, 86, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 204, 86, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffcc56;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffcc56, #C1FF56);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ffcc56

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ffcc56 in the Color Lab