#CCB23A#CCB23A

#CCB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB23A
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -3.53, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 61.65, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0158 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.138 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5880, 44.9858, 10.4947)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB23A #3A54CC

analogous

#CC693A #CCB23A #9DCC3A

triadic

#CCB23A #3ACCB2 #B23ACC

tetradic

#CCB23A #3ACC69 #3A54CC #CC3A9D

square

#CCB23A #3ACC69 #3A54CC #CC3A9D

split-complementary

#CCB23A #3A9DCC #693ACC

monochromatic

#6F601D #A08A29 #CCB23A #D9C56B #E5D89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#CCB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB23A

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB23A	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc878',
    500: '#ccb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb23a;
$custom-light: #dfc878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76507,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB23A

secondary

#919CD1

accent

#62E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB23A

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

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