#CCB742#CCB742

#CCB742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB742
RGB	rgb(204, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -5.72, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 60.02, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0212 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(42.8206, 47.0997, 11.9888)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB742 #4257CC

analogous

#CC7242 #CCB742 #9CCC42

triadic

#CCB742 #42CCB7 #B742CC

tetradic

#CCB742 #42CC72 #4257CC #CC429C

square

#CCB742 #42CC72 #4257CC #CC429C

split-complementary

#CCB742 #429CCC #7242CC

monochromatic

#74671F #A4922C #CCB742 #D9C972 #E6DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CCB742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#CCB742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB742

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB742	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc7d',
    500: '#ccb742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb742;
$custom-light: #dfcc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77611,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.47098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB742

secondary

#97A0D3

accent

#5EE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB742

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

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