#CCB142#CCB142

#CCB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.131 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB142
RGB	rgb(204, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -2.58, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 58.18, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0122 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.131 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6094, 44.6772, 11.5851)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB142 #425DCC

analogous

#CC6C42 #CCB142 #A2CC42

triadic

#CCB142 #42CCB1 #B142CC

tetradic

#CCB142 #42CC6C #425DCC #CC42A2

square

#CCB142 #42CC6C #425DCC #CC42A2

split-complementary

#CCB142 #42A2CC #6C42CC

monochromatic

#74641F #A48D2C #CCB142 #D9C572 #E6D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CCB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#CCB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB142

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB142	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.131 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc87c',
    500: '#ccb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb142;
$custom-light: #dfc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76365,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB142

secondary

#97A3D3

accent

#65E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB142

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

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