#CCD042#CCD042

#CCD042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.159 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD042
RGB	rgb(204, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -18.41, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 69.01, 105.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.057 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.159 111)
XYZ	xyz(48.4426, 58.3437, 13.8628)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD042 #4642D0

analogous

#D08D42 #CCD042 #85D042

triadic

#CCD042 #42CCD0 #D042CC

tetradic

#CCD042 #42D08D #4642D0 #D04285

square

#CCD042 #42D08D #4642D0 #D04285

split-complementary

#CCD042 #4285D0 #8D42D0

monochromatic

#77791E #A7AA2A #CCD042 #D9DC73 #E6E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CCD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CCD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD042

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD042	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.159 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfde7f',
    500: '#ccd042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd042;
$custom-light: #dfde7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82927,
    "c": 0.15906,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.58342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD042

secondary

#373581

accent

#44E349

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD042

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

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