#CCB140#CCB140

#CCB140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB140
RGB	rgb(204, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -2.69, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 59.00, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0127 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.133 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5514, 44.6540, 11.2800)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB140 #405BCC

analogous

#CC6B40 #CCB140 #A1CC40

triadic

#CCB140 #40CCB1 #B140CC

tetradic

#CCB140 #40CC6B #405BCC #CC40A1

square

#CCB140 #40CC6B #405BCC #CC40A1

split-complementary

#CCB140 #40A1CC #6B40CC

monochromatic

#73631F #A38C2C #CCB140 #D9C570 #E6D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CCB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#CCB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB140

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB140	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc87b',
    500: '#ccb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb140;
$custom-light: #dfc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB140

secondary

#95A1D2

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB140

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

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