#CCB044#CCB044

#CCB044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB044
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -1.94, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 57.06, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0101 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.129 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4726, 44.3076, 11.8355)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB044 #4460CC

analogous

#CC6C44 #CCB044 #A4CC44

triadic

#CCB044 #44CCB0 #B044CC

tetradic

#CCB044 #44CC6C #4460CC #CC44A4

square

#CCB044 #44CC6C #4460CC #CC44A4

split-complementary

#CCB044 #44A4CC #6C44CC

monochromatic

#766420 #A68D2D #CCB044 #D9C474 #E6D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CCB044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#CCB044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB044

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB044	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)

#C2AD37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc77d',
    500: '#ccb044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb044;
$custom-light: #dfc77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76176,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB044

secondary

#99A5D3

accent

#67E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB044

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

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