#CCB043#CCB043

#CCB043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB043
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -2.00, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 57.47, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0104 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.13 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4423, 44.2955, 11.6761)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB043 #435FCC

analogous

#CC6B43 #CCB043 #A3CC43

triadic

#CCB043 #43CCB0 #B043CC

tetradic

#CCB043 #43CC6B #435FCC #CC43A3

square

#CCB043 #43CC6B #435FCC #CC43A3

split-complementary

#CCB043 #43A3CC #6B43CC

monochromatic

#756320 #A58C2D #CCB043 #D9C473 #E6D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CCB043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#CCB043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB043

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB043	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc77d',
    500: '#ccb043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb043;
$custom-light: #dfc77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76167,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB043

secondary

#98A4D3

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB043

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

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