#CCB942#CCB942

#CCB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB942
RGB	rgb(204, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -6.76, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 60.67, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0241 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2361, 47.9306, 12.1273)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB942 #4255CC

analogous

#CC7442 #CCB942 #9ACC42

triadic

#CCB942 #42CCB9 #B942CC

tetradic

#CCB942 #42CC74 #4255CC #CC429A

square

#CCB942 #42CC74 #4255CC #CC429A

split-complementary

#CCB942 #429ACC #7442CC

monochromatic

#74691F #A4942C #CCB942 #D9CB72 #E6DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CCB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CCB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB942

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB942	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd7d',
    500: '#ccb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb942;
$custom-light: #dfcd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7803,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB942

secondary

#979FD3

accent

#5CE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB942

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

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