#CCCC42#CCCC42

#CCCC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.155 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCC42
RGB	rgb(204, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -16.42, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 67.46, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0514 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.155 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4797, 56.4178, 13.5419)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCC42 #4242CC

analogous

#CC8742 #CCCC42 #87CC42

triadic

#CCCC42 #42CCCC #CC42CC

tetradic

#CCCC42 #42CC87 #4242CC #CC4287

square

#CCCC42 #42CC87 #4242CC #CC4287

split-complementary

#CCCC42 #4287CC #8742CC

monochromatic

#74741F #A4A42C #CCCC42 #D9D972 #E6E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CCCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#CCCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCC42

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCC42	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)

#DCC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.155 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb7e',
    500: '#cccc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccc42;
$custom-light: #dfdb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82065,
    "c": 0.15501,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCC42

secondary

#35357D

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCC42

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

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