#CCB038#CCB038

#CCB038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB038
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -2.57, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 61.84, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0133 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.137 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1431, 44.1758, 10.1003)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB038 #3854CC

analogous

#CC6638 #CCB038 #9ECC38

triadic

#CCB038 #38CCB0 #B038CC

tetradic

#CCB038 #38CC66 #3854CC #CC389E

square

#CCB038 #38CC66 #3854CC #CC389E

split-complementary

#CCB038 #389ECC #6638CC

monochromatic

#6E5E1C #9E8829 #CCB038 #D8C369 #E5D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CCB038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#CCB038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB038

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB038	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)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c776',
    500: '#ccb038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb038;
$custom-light: #e0c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76078,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB038

secondary

#8F9CD1

accent

#63E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB038

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

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