#CCB048#CCB048

#CCB048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.126 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB048
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -1.70, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 55.35, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.009 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.126 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5988, 44.3581, 12.5005)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB048 #4864CC

analogous

#CC6E48 #CCB048 #A6CC48

triadic

#CCB048 #48CCB0 #B048CC

tetradic

#CCB048 #48CC6E #4864CC #CC48A6

square

#CCB048 #48CC6E #4864CC #CC48A6

split-complementary

#CCB048 #48A6CC #6E48CC

monochromatic

#786621 #A88E2F #CCB048 #D9C578 #E7D9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CCB048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#CCB048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB048

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB048	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.126 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc780',
    500: '#ccb048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb048;
$custom-light: #dfc780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76213,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB048

secondary

#9CA8D4

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB048

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

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