#CCB138#CCB138

#CCB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB138
RGB	rgb(204, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -3.10, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 62.12, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0148 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.138 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3399, 44.5694, 10.1659)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB138 #3853CC

analogous

#CC6738 #CCB138 #9DCC38

triadic

#CCB138 #38CCB1 #B138CC

tetradic

#CCB138 #38CC67 #3853CC #CC389D

square

#CCB138 #38CC67 #3853CC #CC389D

split-complementary

#CCB138 #389DCC #6738CC

monochromatic

#6E5F1C #9E8929 #CCB138 #D8C469 #E5D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CCB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#CCB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB138

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB138	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)

#C3AD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc776',
    500: '#ccb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb138;
$custom-light: #dfc776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76285,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB138

secondary

#8F9BD1

accent

#62E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB138

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

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