#CCCC28#CCCC28

#CCCC28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.169 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC28
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -17.51, 73.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 75.71, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0567 0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.169 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8795, 56.1778, 10.3810)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC28 #2828CC

analogous

#CC7A28 #CCCC28 #7ACC28

triadic

#CCCC28 #28CCCC #CC28CC

tetradic

#CCCC28 #28CC7A #2828CC #CC287A

square

#CCCC28 #28CC7A #2828CC #CC287A

split-complementary

#CCCC28 #287ACC #7A28CC

monochromatic

#666614 #99991E #CCCC28 #DDDD54 #E7E787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CCCC28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CCCC28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC28

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC28	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.169 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db72',
    500: '#cccc28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc28;
$custom-light: #e0db72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81913,
    "c": 0.16895,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC28

secondary

#282870

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC28

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

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