#CCD942#CCD942

#CCD942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.168 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCD942
RGB	rgb(204, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -22.81, 68.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 72.60, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.0693 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.168 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6995, 62.8574, 14.6151)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCD942 #4F42D9

analogous

#D99B42 #CCD942 #80D942

triadic

#CCD942 #42CCD9 #D942CC

tetradic

#CCD942 #42D99B #4F42D9 #D94280

square

#CCD942 #42D99B #4F42D9 #D94280

split-complementary

#CCD942 #4280D9 #9B42D9

monochromatic

#7D861B #ACB925 #CCD942 #DAE375 #E7EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CCD942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#CCD942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCD942

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCD942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCD942	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccd942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.168 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe480',
    500: '#ccd942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccd942;
$custom-light: #dfe480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccd942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.166,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84878,
    "c": 0.16849,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCD942

secondary

#3B338C

accent

#3EE94D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCD942

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

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