#CCCC40#CCCC40

#CCCC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.156 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC40
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -16.53, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 68.19, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0519 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.156 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4218, 56.3947, 13.2367)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC40 #4040CC

analogous

#CC8640 #CCCC40 #86CC40

triadic

#CCCC40 #40CCCC #CC40CC

tetradic

#CCCC40 #40CC86 #4040CC #CC4086

square

#CCCC40 #40CC86 #4040CC #CC4086

split-complementary

#CCCC40 #4086CC #8640CC

monochromatic

#73731F #A3A32C #CCCC40 #D9D970 #E6E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CCCC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#CCCC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC40

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC40	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.156 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb7d',
    500: '#cccc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc40;
$custom-light: #dfdb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82051,
    "c": 0.15632,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC40

secondary

#34347C

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC40

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

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