#CCB151#CCB151

#CCB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB151
RGB	rgb(204, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -1.63, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 51.66, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0077 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.119 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1110, 44.8778, 14.2272)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB151 #516CCC

analogous

#CC7351 #CCB151 #AACC51

triadic

#CCB151 #51CCB1 #B151CC

tetradic

#CCB151 #51CC73 #516CCC #CC51AA

square

#CCB151 #51CC73 #516CCC #CC51AA

split-complementary

#CCB151 #51AACC #7351CC

monochromatic

#7E6A25 #AD9233 #CCB151 #DAC680 #E8DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CCB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CCB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB151

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB151	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec885',
    500: '#ccb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb151;
$custom-light: #dec885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76512,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB151

secondary

#A3AED6

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB151

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

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