#CCB242#CCB242

#CCB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB242
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -3.11, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 58.48, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0137 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(41.8076, 45.0736, 11.6512)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB242 #425CCC

analogous

#CC6D42 #CCB242 #A1CC42

triadic

#CCB242 #42CCB2 #B242CC

tetradic

#CCB242 #42CC6D #425CCC #CC42A1

square

#CCB242 #42CC6D #425CCC #CC42A1

split-complementary

#CCB242 #42A1CC #6D42CC

monochromatic

#74641F #A48E2C #CCB242 #D9C672 #E6D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#CCB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB242

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB242	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc87c',
    500: '#ccb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb242;
$custom-light: #dfc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76572,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.45072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB242

secondary

#97A2D3

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB242

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

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