#CCB442#CCB442

#CCB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB442
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -4.16, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 59.08, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0167 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2084, 45.8753, 11.7848)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB442 #425ACC

analogous

#CC6F42 #CCB442 #9FCC42

triadic

#CCB442 #42CCB4 #B442CC

tetradic

#CCB442 #42CC6F #425ACC #CC429F

square

#CCB442 #42CC6F #425ACC #CC429F

split-complementary

#CCB442 #429FCC #6F42CC

monochromatic

#74651F #A4902C #CCB442 #D9C772 #E6DAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CCB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#CCB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB442

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB442	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca7c',
    500: '#ccb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb442;
$custom-light: #dfca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76986,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB442

secondary

#97A1D3

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB442

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

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