#CCD040#CCD040

#CCD040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.160 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD040
RGB	rgb(204, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -18.51, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 69.73, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0575 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.16 111)
XYZ	xyz(48.3847, 58.3205, 13.5577)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD040 #4440D0

analogous

#D08C40 #CCD040 #84D040

triadic

#CCD040 #40CCD0 #D040CC

tetradic

#CCD040 #40D08C #4440D0 #D04084

square

#CCD040 #40D08C #4440D0 #D04084

split-complementary

#CCD040 #4084D0 #8C40D0

monochromatic

#76781E #A6A92A #CCD040 #D9DC71 #E6E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CCD040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#CCD040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD040

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD040	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.160 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfde7e',
    500: '#ccd040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd040;
$custom-light: #dfde7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82913,
    "c": 0.16035,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.58319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD040

secondary

#363480

accent

#44E449

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD040

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

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