#CCC240#CCC240

#CCC240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.147 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC240
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -11.49, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 64.52, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0377 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.147 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1208, 51.7928, 12.4698)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC240 #404ACC

analogous

#CC7C40 #CCC240 #90CC40

triadic

#CCC240 #40CCC2 #C240CC

tetradic

#CCC240 #40CC7C #404ACC #CC4090

square

#CCC240 #40CC7C #404ACC #CC4090

split-complementary

#CCC240 #4090CC #7C40CC

monochromatic

#736D1F #A39B2C #CCC240 #D9D170 #E6E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CCC240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC240

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC240	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.147 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd47c',
    500: '#ccc240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc240;
$custom-light: #dfd47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79913,
    "c": 0.14675,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC240

secondary

#343A7C

accent

#52E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC240

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

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