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#ccc300

a dark, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold

RGB
204, 195, 0
HSL
57°, 100%, 40%
CMYK
0, 4, 100, 20
Luminance
0.5187

Every format

HEX#ccc300
RGBrgb(204, 195, 0)
HSLhsl(57, 100%, 40%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 100%, 20%)
LABlab(77.2 -13.7 78.1)
LCHlch(77.2 79.3 100.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.799 0.171 106.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ccc300;
background-color: #ccc300;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ccc300] bg-[#ccc300]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ccc300;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.765, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ccc300")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ccc300 on white: 1.85:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ccc300 on black: 11.37:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green76.5%
Blue0.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta4.4%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)20.0%

Color previews

#ccc300 text on a black background

contrast 11.37:1

Card sample

#ccc300 text on a white background

contrast 1.85:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ccc300;
Background color
Panel with #ccc300 background
background-color: #ccc300;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ccc300;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 195, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 195, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ccc300;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc300, #4DCC00);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ccc300

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ccc300 in the Color Lab