#CCCE40#CCCE40

#CCCE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.158 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCE40
RGB	rgb(204, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -17.52, 66.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 68.96, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0547 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.158 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9002, 57.3515, 13.3962)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCE40 #4240CE

analogous

#CE8940 #CCCE40 #85CE40

triadic

#CCCE40 #40CCCE #CE40CC

tetradic

#CCCE40 #40CE89 #4240CE #CE4085

square

#CCCE40 #40CE89 #4240CE #CE4085

split-complementary

#CCCE40 #4085CE #8940CE

monochromatic

#74751E #A4A62B #CCCE40 #D9DA71 #E6E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CCCE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#CCCE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCE40

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCE40	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.158 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc7e',
    500: '#ccce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccce40;
$custom-light: #dfdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82481,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCE40

secondary

#35347E

accent

#45E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCE40

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

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