HEX Color #CCCC16 (Gold)

About #CCCC16

At its core, #CCCC16 is a medium and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Gold. Its digital footprint relies on 204 parts red, 204 parts green, and 22 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#CCCC16

RGB204, 204, 22

HSL60.0°, 80.5%, 44.3%

CMYK0%, 0%, 89%, 20%

HSV60.0°, 89.2%, 80.0%

LAB79.7, -18.0, 77.4

XYZ46.6, 56.1, 9.1

Decimal13421590

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#CCCC16 #1616CC

Analogous

#CC7116 #71CC16

Triadic

#16CBCC #CC16CB

Tetradic

#16CC71 #1616CC #CC1671

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#CCCC16

#D1D12F

#D7D749

#DDDD63

#E2E27D

#E8E897

#EEEEB1

#F3F3CB

#F9F9E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#CCCC16

#B5B513

#9E9E11

#88880E

#71710C

#5A5A09

#444407

#2D2D04

#161602

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.72:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

12.22:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.64:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

10.39:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #CCCC16; }

.text-color { color: #CCCC16; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #CCCC16; }

Similar Colors

Gold

#FFD700