#CCC940#CCC940

#CCC940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.153 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC940
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -15.03, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 67.07, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0477 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.153 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7156, 54.9823, 13.0013)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC940 #4043CC

analogous

#CC8340 #CCC940 #89CC40

triadic

#CCC940 #40CCC9 #C940CC

tetradic

#CCC940 #40CC83 #4043CC #CC4089

square

#CCC940 #40CC83 #4043CC #CC4089

split-complementary

#CCC940 #4089CC #8340CC

monochromatic

#73711F #A3A12C #CCC940 #D9D770 #E6E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CCC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CCC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC940

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC940	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.153 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd97d',
    500: '#ccc940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc940;
$custom-light: #dfd97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81407,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC940

secondary

#34367C

accent

#4AE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC940

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

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