#CCC442#CCC442

#CCC442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.147 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC442
RGB	rgb(204, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -12.40, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 64.47, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0401 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.147 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6269, 52.7122, 12.9243)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC442 #424ACC

analogous

#CC7F42 #CCC442 #8FCC42

triadic

#CCC442 #42CCC4 #C442CC

tetradic

#CCC442 #42CC7F #424ACC #CC428F

square

#CCC442 #42CC7F #424ACC #CC428F

split-complementary

#CCC442 #428FCC #7F42CC

monochromatic

#746F1F #A49D2C #CCC442 #D9D372 #E6E2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CCC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CCC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC442

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC442	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)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.147 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd57e',
    500: '#ccc442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc442;
$custom-light: #dfd57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80354,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC442

secondary

#35397D

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC442

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

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