#CCB237#CCB237

#CCB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB237
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -3.67, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 62.77, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0165 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5139, 44.9562, 10.1045)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB237 #3751CC

analogous

#CC6737 #CCB237 #9CCC37

triadic

#CCB237 #37CCB2 #B237CC

tetradic

#CCB237 #37CC67 #3751CC #CC379C

square

#CCB237 #37CC67 #3751CC #CC379C

split-complementary

#CCB237 #379CCC #6737CC

monochromatic

#6D5F1C #9E8928 #CCB237 #D8C568 #E5D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#CCB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB237

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB237	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c876',
    500: '#ccb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb237;
$custom-light: #e0c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB237

secondary

#8E9AD0

accent

#61E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB237

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

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