#CCC942#CCC942

#CCC942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.152 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC942
RGB	rgb(204, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -14.92, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 66.32, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0472 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.152 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7735, 55.0055, 13.3065)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC942 #4245CC

analogous

#CC8442 #CCC942 #8ACC42

triadic

#CCC942 #42CCC9 #C942CC

tetradic

#CCC942 #42CC84 #4245CC #CC428A

square

#CCC942 #42CC84 #4245CC #CC428A

split-complementary

#CCC942 #428ACC #8442CC

monochromatic

#74721F #A4A22C #CCC942 #D9D772 #E6E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CCC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CCC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC942

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC942	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)

#D9C12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.152 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd97e',
    500: '#ccc942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc942;
$custom-light: #dfd97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81422,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC942

secondary

#35377D

accent

#4AE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC942

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

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