#CCB149#CCB149

#CCB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.126 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB149
RGB	rgb(204, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -2.17, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 55.22, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0102 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.126 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8285, 44.7648, 12.7393)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB149 #4964CC

analogous

#CC7049 #CCB149 #A5CC49

triadic

#CCB149 #49CCB1 #B149CC

tetradic

#CCB149 #49CC70 #4964CC #CC49A5

square

#CCB149 #49CC70 #4964CC #CC49A5

split-complementary

#CCB149 #49A5CC #7049CC

monochromatic

#796722 #A9902F #CCB149 #D9C579 #E7DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CCB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#CCB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB149

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB149	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.126 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc880',
    500: '#ccb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb149;
$custom-light: #dfc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76429,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB149

secondary

#9DA8D4

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB149

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

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