#CCCA38#CCCA38

#CCCA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.159 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCA38
RGB	rgb(204, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -15.91, 68.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 70.26, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.051 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.159 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7379, 55.3654, 11.9652)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCA38 #383ACC

analogous

#CC8038 #CCCA38 #84CC38

triadic

#CCCA38 #38CCCA #CA38CC

tetradic

#CCCA38 #38CC80 #383ACC #CC3884

square

#CCCA38 #38CC80 #383ACC #CC3884

split-complementary

#CCCA38 #3884CC #8038CC

monochromatic

#6E6C1C #9E9D29 #CCCA38 #D8D769 #E5E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CCCA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CCCA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCA38

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCA38	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.159 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd979',
    500: '#ccca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccca38;
$custom-light: #dfd979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81567,
    "c": 0.15923,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCA38

secondary

#313277

accent

#48E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCA38

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

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