#CCC140#CCC140

#CCC140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.146 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC140
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -10.98, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 64.17, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0363 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.146 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8990, 51.3492, 12.3958)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC140 #404BCC

analogous

#CC7B40 #CCC140 #91CC40

triadic

#CCC140 #40CCC1 #C140CC

tetradic

#CCC140 #40CC7B #404BCC #CC4091

square

#CCC140 #40CC7B #404BCC #CC4091

split-complementary

#CCC140 #4091CC #7B40CC

monochromatic

#736C1F #A39A2C #CCC140 #D9D170 #E6E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CCC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CCC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC140

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC140	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.146 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd37c',
    500: '#ccc140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc140;
$custom-light: #dfd37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79701,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC140

secondary

#343A7C

accent

#53E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC140

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

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