#CCB049#CCB049

#CCB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.125 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB049
RGB	rgb(204, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -1.64, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 54.92, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0087 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.125 94)
XYZ	xyz(41.6317, 44.3712, 12.6737)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB049 #4965CC

analogous

#CC6F49 #CCB049 #A6CC49

triadic

#CCB049 #49CCB0 #B049CC

tetradic

#CCB049 #49CC6F #4965CC #CC49A6

square

#CCB049 #49CC6F #4965CC #CC49A6

split-complementary

#CCB049 #49A6CC #6F49CC

monochromatic

#796622 #A98F2F #CCB049 #D9C579 #E7DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CCB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#CCB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB049

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB049	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)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.125 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc780',
    500: '#ccb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb049;
$custom-light: #dfc780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76223,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.44369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB049

secondary

#9DA8D4

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB049

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

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