#CCC042#CCC042

#CCC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.144 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC042
RGB	rgb(204, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -10.36, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 63.05, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0343 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.144 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7367, 50.9317, 12.6275)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC042 #424ECC

analogous

#CC7B42 #CCC042 #93CC42

triadic

#CCC042 #42CCC0 #C042CC

tetradic

#CCC042 #42CC7B #424ECC #CC4293

square

#CCC042 #42CC7B #424ECC #CC4293

split-complementary

#CCC042 #4293CC #7B42CC

monochromatic

#746D1F #A49A2C #CCC042 #D9D072 #E6E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CCC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#CCC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC042

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC042	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.144 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd27d',
    500: '#ccc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc042;
$custom-light: #dfd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79505,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC042

secondary

#353B7D

accent

#54E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC042

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

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