#CCC642#CCC642

#CCC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.149 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC642
RGB	rgb(204, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -13.41, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 65.20, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.043 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.149 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0810, 53.6205, 13.0756)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC642 #4248CC

analogous

#CC8142 #CCC642 #8DCC42

triadic

#CCC642 #42CCC6 #C642CC

tetradic

#CCC642 #42CC81 #4248CC #CC428D

square

#CCC642 #42CC81 #4248CC #CC428D

split-complementary

#CCC642 #428DCC #8142CC

monochromatic

#74711F #A49F2C #CCC642 #D9D572 #E6E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CCC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CCC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC642

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC642	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.149 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd77e',
    500: '#ccc642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc642;
$custom-light: #dfd77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8078,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC642

secondary

#35387D

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC642

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

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