#CCC74F#CCC74F

#CCC74F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.141 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC74F
RGB	rgb(204, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 61.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -13.14, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 60.35, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0408 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.141 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7381, 54.2502, 15.4050)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC74F #4F54CC

analogous

#CC884F #CCC74F #92CC4F

triadic

#CCC74F #4FCCC7 #C74FCC

tetradic

#CCC74F #4FCC88 #4F54CC #CC4F92

square

#CCC74F #4FCC88 #4F54CC #CC4F92

split-complementary

#CCC74F #4F92CC #884FCC

monochromatic

#7D7924 #ACA732 #CCC74F #DAD67E #E7E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CCC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CCC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC74F

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC74F	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.141 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded785',
    500: '#ccc74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc74f;
$custom-light: #ded785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81105,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC74F

secondary

#3B3E84

accent

#4FDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC74F

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

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