#CCC440#CCC440

#CCC440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.149 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC440
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -12.51, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 65.24, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0406 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.149 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5689, 52.6890, 12.6191)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC440 #4048CC

analogous

#CC7E40 #CCC440 #8ECC40

triadic

#CCC440 #40CCC4 #C440CC

tetradic

#CCC440 #40CC7E #4048CC #CC408E

square

#CCC440 #40CC7E #4048CC #CC408E

split-complementary

#CCC440 #408ECC #7E40CC

monochromatic

#736E1F #A39C2C #CCC440 #D9D370 #E6E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CCC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CCC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC440

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC440	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.149 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd57d',
    500: '#ccc440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc440;
$custom-light: #dfd57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80339,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC440

secondary

#34397C

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC440

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

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