#CCB22D#CCB22D

#CCB22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.145 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB22D
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -4.08, 66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 66.22, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0187 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.145 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2981, 44.8698, 8.9676)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB22D #2D47CC

analogous

#CC632D #CCB22D #97CC2D

triadic

#CCB22D #2DCCB2 #B22DCC

tetradic

#CCB22D #2DCC63 #2D47CC #CC2D97

square

#CCB22D #2DCC63 #2D47CC #CC2D97

split-complementary

#CCB22D #2D97CC #632DCC

monochromatic

#685B17 #9A8622 #CCB22D #DBC65B #E6D78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CCB22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CCB22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB22D

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB22D	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.145 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c871',
    500: '#ccb22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb22d;
$custom-light: #e0c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.189,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76422,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB22D

secondary

#8591D0

accent

#5CE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB22D

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

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