#CCB137#CCB137

#CCB137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.139 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB137
RGB	rgb(204, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -3.14, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 62.49, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.015 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.139 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3157, 44.5597, 10.0384)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB137 #3752CC

analogous

#CC6737 #CCB137 #9CCC37

triadic

#CCB137 #37CCB1 #B137CC

tetradic

#CCB137 #37CC67 #3752CC #CC379C

square

#CCB137 #37CC67 #3752CC #CC379C

split-complementary

#CCB137 #379CCC #6737CC

monochromatic

#6D5E1C #9E8828 #CCB137 #D8C468 #E5D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CCB137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#CCB137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB137

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB137	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.139 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c776',
    500: '#ccb137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb137;
$custom-light: #e0c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.128,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB137

secondary

#8E9AD0

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB137

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

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