#CCC74A#CCC74A

#CCC74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.144 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC74A
RGB	rgb(204, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 63.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -13.46, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 62.42, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0422 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.144 107)
XYZ	xyz(46.5629, 54.1801, 14.4823)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC74A #4A4FCC

analogous

#CC864A #CCC74A #90CC4A

triadic

#CCC74A #4ACCC7 #C74ACC

tetradic

#CCC74A #4ACC86 #4A4FCC #CC4A90

square

#CCC74A #4ACC86 #4A4FCC #CC4A90

split-complementary

#CCC74A #4A90CC #864ACC

monochromatic

#797622 #A9A430 #CCC74A #D9D67A #E7E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CCC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CCC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC74A

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC74A	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.144 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd782',
    500: '#ccc74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc74a;
$custom-light: #dfd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81059,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.54179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC74A

secondary

#393B82

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC74A

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

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