#CCC740#CCC740

#CCC740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.151 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC740
RGB	rgb(204, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -14.02, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 66.33, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0449 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.151 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2524, 54.0559, 12.8469)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC740 #4045CC

analogous

#CC8140 #CCC740 #8BCC40

triadic

#CCC740 #40CCC7 #C740CC

tetradic

#CCC740 #40CC81 #4045CC #CC408B

square

#CCC740 #40CC81 #4045CC #CC408B

split-complementary

#CCC740 #408BCC #8140CC

monochromatic

#73701F #A39F2C #CCC740 #D9D570 #E6E3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CCC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CCC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC740

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC740	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.151 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd77d',
    500: '#ccc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc740;
$custom-light: #dfd77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80979,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC740

secondary

#34377C

accent

#4CE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC740

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

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