#CCD240#CCD240

#CCD240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.162 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD240
RGB	rgb(204, 210, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 69.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -19.50, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 70.51, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0602 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.162 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8754, 59.3019, 13.7213)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD240 #4640D2

analogous

#D28F40 #CCD240 #83D240

triadic

#CCD240 #40CCD2 #D240CC

tetradic

#CCD240 #40D28F #4640D2 #D24083

square

#CCD240 #40D28F #4640D2 #D24083

split-complementary

#CCD240 #4083D2 #8F40D2

monochromatic

#777B1D #A7AC29 #CCD240 #D9DE72 #E6E9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CCD240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#CCD240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD240

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD240	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 210, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.162 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf7e',
    500: '#ccd240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd240;
$custom-light: #dfdf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83345,
    "c": 0.1624,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD240

secondary

#373483

accent

#43E54A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD240

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

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