#CCC340#CCC340

#CCC340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC340
RGB	rgb(204, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -12.00, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 64.88, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0392 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3441, 52.2394, 12.5442)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC340 #4049CC

analogous

#CC7D40 #CCC340 #8FCC40

triadic

#CCC340 #40CCC3 #C340CC

tetradic

#CCC340 #40CC7D #4049CC #CC408F

square

#CCC340 #40CC7D #4049CC #CC408F

split-complementary

#CCC340 #408FCC #7D40CC

monochromatic

#736E1F #A39C2C #CCC340 #D9D270 #E6E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CCC340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CCC340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC340

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC340	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd47c',
    500: '#ccc340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc340;
$custom-light: #dfd47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80126,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC340

secondary

#34397C

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC340

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

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