#CCB231#CCB231

#CCB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.143 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB231
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 76%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -3.93, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 64.90, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0179 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.143 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3788, 44.9021, 9.3926)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB231 #314BCC

analogous

#CC6431 #CCB231 #99CC31

triadic

#CCB231 #31CCB2 #B231CC

tetradic

#CCB231 #31CC64 #314BCC #CC3199

square

#CCB231 #31CC64 #314BCC #CC3199

split-complementary

#CCB231 #3199CC #6431CC

monochromatic

#695C19 #9B8725 #CCB231 #D9C561 #E5D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CCB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB231

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB231	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	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)

#C4AE17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.143 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c873',
    500: '#ccb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb231;
$custom-light: #e0c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.935,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76446,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB231

secondary

#8995D0

accent

#5EE443

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB231

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

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