#CCCE42#CCCE42

#CCCE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.157 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCCE42
RGB	rgb(204, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -17.42, 65.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 68.23, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0542 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.157 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9581, 57.3746, 13.7013)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCCE42 #4442CE

analogous

#CE8A42 #CCCE42 #86CE42

triadic

#CCCE42 #42CCCE #CE42CC

tetradic

#CCCE42 #42CE8A #4442CE #CE4286

square

#CCCE42 #42CE8A #4442CE #CE4286

split-complementary

#CCCE42 #4286CE #8A42CE

monochromatic

#76771F #A6A72B #CCCE42 #D9DB73 #E6E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CCCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#CCCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCCE42

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCCE42	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)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.157 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc7f',
    500: '#ccce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccce42;
$custom-light: #dfdc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82496,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCCE42

secondary

#36357F

accent

#46E248

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCCE42

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

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