#CCB842#CCB842

#CCB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.137 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB842
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -6.24, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 60.34, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0226 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.137 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0276, 47.5137, 12.0578)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB842 #4256CC

analogous

#CC7342 #CCB842 #9BCC42

triadic

#CCB842 #42CCB8 #B842CC

tetradic

#CCB842 #42CC73 #4256CC #CC429B

square

#CCB842 #42CC73 #4256CC #CC429B

split-complementary

#CCB842 #429BCC #7342CC

monochromatic

#74681F #A4932C #CCB842 #D9CA72 #E6DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CCB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#CCB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB842

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB842	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.137 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd7d',
    500: '#ccb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb842;
$custom-light: #dfcd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77821,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB842

secondary

#97A0D3

accent

#5DE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB842

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

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