#CCC142#CCC142

#CCC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.144 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC142
RGB	rgb(204, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -10.87, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 63.40, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0358 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.144 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9570, 51.3724, 12.7009)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC142 #424DCC

analogous

#CC7C42 #CCC142 #92CC42

triadic

#CCC142 #42CCC1 #C142CC

tetradic

#CCC142 #42CC7C #424DCC #CC4292

square

#CCC142 #42CC7C #424DCC #CC4292

split-complementary

#CCC142 #4292CC #7C42CC

monochromatic

#746D1F #A49B2C #CCC142 #D9D172 #E6E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CCC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CCC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC142

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC142	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)

#D2BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.144 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd37d',
    500: '#ccc142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc142;
$custom-light: #dfd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79716,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC142

secondary

#353B7D

accent

#53E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC142

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

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