#CCC842#CCC842

#CCC842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.151 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC842
RGB	rgb(204, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -14.42, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 65.95, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0458 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.151 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5412, 54.5408, 13.2290)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC842 #4246CC

analogous

#CC8342 #CCC842 #8BCC42

triadic

#CCC842 #42CCC8 #C842CC

tetradic

#CCC842 #42CC83 #4246CC #CC428B

square

#CCC842 #42CC83 #4246CC #CC428B

split-complementary

#CCC842 #428BCC #8342CC

monochromatic

#74721F #A4A12C #CCC842 #D9D672 #E6E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CCC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#CCC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC842

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC842	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.151 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd87e',
    500: '#ccc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc842;
$custom-light: #dfd87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81208,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC842

secondary

#35377D

accent

#4CE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC842

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

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