#CCC840#CCC840

#CCC840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.152 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC840
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -14.53, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 66.70, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0463 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.152 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4832, 54.5176, 12.9239)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC840 #4044CC

analogous

#CC8240 #CCC840 #8ACC40

triadic

#CCC840 #40CCC8 #C840CC

tetradic

#CCC840 #40CC82 #4044CC #CC408A

square

#CCC840 #40CC82 #4044CC #CC408A

split-complementary

#CCC840 #408ACC #8240CC

monochromatic

#73711F #A3A02C #CCC840 #D9D670 #E6E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CCC840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CCC840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC840

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC840	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.152 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd87d',
    500: '#ccc840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc840;
$custom-light: #dfd87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81193,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC840

secondary

#34367C

accent

#4BE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC840

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

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