#CCB042#CCB042

#CCB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.131 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB042
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -2.06, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 57.89, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0107 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.131 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4126, 44.2836, 11.5195)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB042 #425ECC

analogous

#CC6B42 #CCB042 #A3CC42

triadic

#CCB042 #42CCB0 #B042CC

tetradic

#CCB042 #42CC6B #425ECC #CC42A3

square

#CCB042 #42CC6B #425ECC #CC42A3

split-complementary

#CCB042 #42A3CC #6B42CC

monochromatic

#74631F #A48C2C #CCB042 #D9C472 #E6D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CCB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#CCB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB042

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB042	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.131 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc77c',
    500: '#ccb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb042;
$custom-light: #dfc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76158,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB042

secondary

#97A3D3

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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