#CCCA40#CCCA40

#CCCA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.154 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCA40
RGB	rgb(204, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -15.53, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 67.44, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0491 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.154 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9495, 55.4500, 13.0793)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCA40 #4042CC

analogous

#CC8440 #CCCA40 #88CC40

triadic

#CCCA40 #40CCCA #CA40CC

tetradic

#CCCA40 #40CC84 #4042CC #CC4088

square

#CCCA40 #40CC84 #4042CC #CC4088

split-complementary

#CCCA40 #4088CC #8440CC

monochromatic

#73721F #A3A22C #CCCA40 #D9D770 #E6E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CCCA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CCCA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCA40

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCA40	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.154 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd97d',
    500: '#ccca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccca40;
$custom-light: #dfd97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81621,
    "c": 0.15434,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCA40

secondary

#34357C

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCA40

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

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