#CCB040#CCB040

#CCB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.132 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB040
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -2.17, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 58.71, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0112 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.132 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3546, 44.2604, 11.2144)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB040 #405CCC

analogous

#CC6A40 #CCB040 #A2CC40

triadic

#CCB040 #40CCB0 #B040CC

tetradic

#CCB040 #40CC6A #405CCC #CC40A2

square

#CCB040 #40CC6A #405CCC #CC40A2

split-complementary

#CCB040 #40A2CC #6A40CC

monochromatic

#73621F #A38B2C #CCB040 #D9C470 #E6D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CCB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#CCB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB040

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB040	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.132 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc77b',
    500: '#ccb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb040;
$custom-light: #dfc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76141,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB040

secondary

#95A2D2

accent

#66E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB040

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

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