#CCCD40#CCCD40

#CCCD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.157 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCD40
RGB	rgb(204, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -17.02, 66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 68.57, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0533 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.157 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6602, 56.8715, 13.3162)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCD40 #4140CD

analogous

#CD8840 #CCCD40 #85CD40

triadic

#CCCD40 #40CCCD #CD40CC

tetradic

#CCCD40 #40CD88 #4140CD #CD4085

square

#CCCD40 #40CD88 #4140CD #CD4085

split-complementary

#CCCD40 #4085CD #8840CD

monochromatic

#74741E #A4A52B #CCCD40 #D9DA71 #E6E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CCCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CCCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCD40

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCD40	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cccd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.157 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc7d',
    500: '#cccd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cccd40;
$custom-light: #dfdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cccd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82266,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCD40

secondary

#35347D

accent

#46E247

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCD40

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

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