#CCB12D#CCB12D

#CCB12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.144 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB12D
RGB	rgb(204, 177, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -3.56, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 65.96, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0172 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.144 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0998, 44.4733, 8.9015)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB12D #2D48CC

analogous

#CC622D #CCB12D #98CC2D

triadic

#CCB12D #2DCCB1 #B12DCC

tetradic

#CCB12D #2DCC62 #2D48CC #CC2D98

square

#CCB12D #2DCC62 #2D48CC #CC2D98

split-complementary

#CCB12D #2D98CC #622DCC

monochromatic

#685A17 #9A8522 #CCB12D #DBC55B #E6D78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CCB12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CCB12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB12D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB12D	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 177, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.144 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c771',
    500: '#ccb12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb12d;
$custom-light: #e0c771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76215,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB12D

secondary

#8591D0

accent

#5DE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB12D

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

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