#CCA83B#CCA83B

#CCA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA83B
RGB	rgb(204, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 1.81, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 58.59, 88.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0004 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.131 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6961, 41.1608, 9.9908)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA83B #3B5FCC

analogous

#CC603B #CCA83B #A8CC3B

triadic

#CCA83B #3BCCA8 #A83BCC

tetradic

#CCA83B #3BCC60 #3B5FCC #CC3BA8

square

#CCA83B #3BCC60 #3B5FCC #CC3BA8

split-complementary

#CCA83B #3BA8CC #603BCC

monochromatic

#705B1D #A0832A #CCA83B #D9BE6C #E5D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CCA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#CCA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA83B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA83B	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c177',
    500: '#cca83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca83b;
$custom-light: #e0c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7446,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA83B

secondary

#92A1D1

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA83B

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

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