#CCB239#CCB239

#CCB239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB239
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -3.57, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 62.03, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.016 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5628, 44.9757, 10.3621)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB239 #3953CC

analogous

#CC6839 #CCB239 #9CCC39

triadic

#CCB239 #39CCB2 #B239CC

tetradic

#CCB239 #39CC68 #3953CC #CC399C

square

#CCB239 #39CC68 #3953CC #CC399C

split-complementary

#CCB239 #399CCC #6839CC

monochromatic

#6E601C #9F8A29 #CCB239 #D9C56A #E5D89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#CCB239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB239

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB239	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)

#C4AE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc877',
    500: '#ccb239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb239;
$custom-light: #dfc877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.765,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB239

secondary

#909BD1

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB239

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

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