#CCB642#CCB642

#CCB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB642
RGB	rgb(204, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -5.20, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 59.71, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0197 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6151, 46.6886, 11.9203)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB642 #4258CC

analogous

#CC7142 #CCB642 #9DCC42

triadic

#CCB642 #42CCB6 #B642CC

tetradic

#CCB642 #42CC71 #4258CC #CC429D

square

#CCB642 #42CC71 #4258CC #CC429D

split-complementary

#CCB642 #429DCC #7142CC

monochromatic

#74671F #A4912C #CCB642 #D9C972 #E6DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CCB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#CCB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB642

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB642	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcb7c',
    500: '#ccb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb642;
$custom-light: #dfcb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77403,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB642

secondary

#97A1D3

accent

#60E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB642

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

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