#CCB159#CCB159

#CCB159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB159
RGB	rgb(204, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -1.04, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 47.96, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.005 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.112 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4289, 45.0050, 15.9012)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB159 #5974CC

analogous

#CC7859 #CCB159 #ADCC59

triadic

#CCB159 #59CCB1 #B159CC

tetradic

#CCB159 #59CC78 #5974CC #CC59AD

square

#CCB159 #59CC78 #5974CC #CC59AD

split-complementary

#CCB159 #59ADCC #7859CC

monochromatic

#836D28 #B19436 #CCB159 #DAC788 #E9DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#CCB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB159

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB159	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec88a',
    500: '#ccb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb159;
$custom-light: #dec88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB159

secondary

#A9B4D8

accent

#6DDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB159

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

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