#CCC540#CCC540

#CCC540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.150 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC540
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -13.01, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 65.60, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.042 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.15 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7953, 53.1416, 12.6946)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC540 #4047CC

analogous

#CC7F40 #CCC540 #8DCC40

triadic

#CCC540 #40CCC5 #C540CC

tetradic

#CCC540 #40CC7F #4047CC #CC408D

square

#CCC540 #40CC7F #4047CC #CC408D

split-complementary

#CCC540 #408DCC #7F40CC

monochromatic

#736F1F #A39D2C #CCC540 #D9D470 #E6E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CCC540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC540

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC540	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.150 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd67d',
    500: '#ccc540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc540;
$custom-light: #dfd67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80552,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC540

secondary

#34387C

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC540

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

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