#CCD242#CCD242

#CCD242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.161 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD242
RGB	rgb(204, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -19.39, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 69.79, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0598 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.161 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9333, 59.3251, 14.0264)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD242 #4842D2

analogous

#D29042 #CCD242 #84D242

triadic

#CCD242 #42CCD2 #D242CC

tetradic

#CCD242 #42D290 #4842D2 #D24284

square

#CCD242 #42D290 #4842D2 #D24284

split-complementary

#CCD242 #4284D2 #9042D2

monochromatic

#787C1E #A8AD29 #CCD242 #D9DE73 #E7EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CCD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#CCD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD242

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD242	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)

#E2C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.161 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf7f',
    500: '#ccd242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd242;
$custom-light: #dfdf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83359,
    "c": 0.16112,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD242

secondary

#383484

accent

#43E54A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD242

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

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