#CCB542#CCB542

#CCB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB542
RGB	rgb(204, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -4.68, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 59.39, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0182 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4110, 46.2805, 11.8523)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB542 #4259CC

analogous

#CC7042 #CCB542 #9ECC42

triadic

#CCB542 #42CCB5 #B542CC

tetradic

#CCB542 #42CC70 #4259CC #CC429E

square

#CCB542 #42CC70 #4259CC #CC429E

split-complementary

#CCB542 #429ECC #7042CC

monochromatic

#74661F #A4902C #CCB542 #D9C872 #E6DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CCB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#CCB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB542

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB542	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca7c',
    500: '#ccb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb542;
$custom-light: #dfca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77194,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB542

secondary

#97A1D3

accent

#61E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB542

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

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