#CCC542#CCC542

#CCC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.148 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC542
RGB	rgb(204, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -12.91, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 64.84, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0415 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.148 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8532, 53.1648, 12.9997)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC542 #4249CC

analogous

#CC8042 #CCC542 #8ECC42

triadic

#CCC542 #42CCC5 #C542CC

tetradic

#CCC542 #42CC80 #4249CC #CC428E

square

#CCC542 #42CC80 #4249CC #CC428E

split-complementary

#CCC542 #428ECC #8042CC

monochromatic

#74701F #A49E2C #CCC542 #D9D472 #E6E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CCC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CCC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC542

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC542	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)

#D5BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.148 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd67e',
    500: '#ccc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc542;
$custom-light: #dfd67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80567,
    "c": 0.14819,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC542

secondary

#35397D

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC542

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

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