#CCC040#CCC040

#CCC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.145 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC040
RGB	rgb(204, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -10.47, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 63.82, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0349 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.145 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6787, 50.9086, 12.3224)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC040 #404CCC

analogous

#CC7A40 #CCC040 #92CC40

triadic

#CCC040 #40CCC0 #C040CC

tetradic

#CCC040 #40CC7A #404CCC #CC4092

square

#CCC040 #40CC7A #404CCC #CC4092

split-complementary

#CCC040 #4092CC #7A40CC

monochromatic

#736C1F #A3992C #CCC040 #D9D070 #E6E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CCC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CCC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC040

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC040	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.145 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd27c',
    500: '#ccc040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc040;
$custom-light: #dfd27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79489,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC040

secondary

#343B7C

accent

#54E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC040

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

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