#CCB039#CCB039

#CCB039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB039
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -2.52, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 61.46, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.013 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.137 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1678, 44.1857, 10.2304)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB039 #3955CC

analogous

#CC6639 #CCB039 #9FCC39

triadic

#CCB039 #39CCB0 #B039CC

tetradic

#CCB039 #39CC66 #3955CC #CC399F

square

#CCB039 #39CC66 #3955CC #CC399F

split-complementary

#CCB039 #399FCC #6639CC

monochromatic

#6E5F1C #9F8829 #CCB039 #D9C36A #E5D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CCB039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#CCB039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB039

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB039	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc777',
    500: '#ccb039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb039;
$custom-light: #dfc777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76086,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB039

secondary

#909CD1

accent

#63E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB039

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

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