#CCB42D#CCB42D

#CCB42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB42D
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -5.13, 66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 66.77, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0216 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.146 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6989, 45.6715, 9.1012)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB42D #2D45CC

analogous

#CC652D #CCB42D #95CC2D

triadic

#CCB42D #2DCCB4 #B42DCC

tetradic

#CCB42D #2DCC65 #2D45CC #CC2D95

square

#CCB42D #2DCC65 #2D45CC #CC2D95

split-complementary

#CCB42D #2D95CC #652DCC

monochromatic

#685C17 #9A8822 #CCB42D #DBC85B #E6D98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CCB42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#CCB42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB42D

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB42D	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca71',
    500: '#ccb42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb42d;
$custom-light: #e0ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76839,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB42D

secondary

#8590D0

accent

#5AE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB42D

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

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