#CCCA42#CCCA42

#CCCA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.153 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCA42
RGB	rgb(204, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -15.42, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 66.70, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0486 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.153 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0074, 55.4732, 13.3844)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCA42 #4244CC

analogous

#CC8542 #CCCA42 #89CC42

triadic

#CCCA42 #42CCCA #CA42CC

tetradic

#CCCA42 #42CC85 #4244CC #CC4289

square

#CCCA42 #42CC85 #4244CC #CC4289

split-complementary

#CCCA42 #4289CC #8542CC

monochromatic

#74731F #A4A32C #CCCA42 #D9D872 #E6E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CCCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CCCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCA42

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCA42	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)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.153 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd97e',
    500: '#ccca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccca42;
$custom-light: #dfd97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81636,
    "c": 0.15302,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCA42

secondary

#35367D

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCA42

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

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