#CCB238#CCB238

#CCB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.139 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB238
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -3.62, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 62.40, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0163 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.139 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5381, 44.9659, 10.2320)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB238 #3852CC

analogous

#CC6838 #CCB238 #9CCC38

triadic

#CCB238 #38CCB2 #B238CC

tetradic

#CCB238 #38CC68 #3852CC #CC389C

square

#CCB238 #38CC68 #3852CC #CC389C

split-complementary

#CCB238 #389CCC #6838CC

monochromatic

#6E5F1C #9E8A29 #CCB238 #D8C569 #E5D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#CCB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB238

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB238	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)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.139 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc877',
    500: '#ccb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb238;
$custom-light: #dfc877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76493,
    "c": 0.13882,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB238

secondary

#8F9BD1

accent

#61E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB238

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

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