#CCB037#CCB037

#CCB037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.138 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB037
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -2.62, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 62.21, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0135 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.138 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1189, 44.1661, 9.9728)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB037 #3753CC

analogous

#CC6537 #CCB037 #9DCC37

triadic

#CCB037 #37CCB0 #B037CC

tetradic

#CCB037 #37CC65 #3753CC #CC379D

square

#CCB037 #37CC65 #3753CC #CC379D

split-complementary

#CCB037 #379DCC #6537CC

monochromatic

#6D5E1C #9E8828 #CCB037 #D8C368 #E5D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CCB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#CCB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB037

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB037	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.138 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c776',
    500: '#ccb037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb037;
$custom-light: #e0c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76071,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB037

secondary

#8E9BD0

accent

#63E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB037

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

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