#CCB23D#CCB23D

#CCB23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.136 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB23D
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -3.38, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 60.49, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.015 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.136 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6666, 45.0172, 10.9085)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB23D #3D57CC

analogous

#CC6B3D #CCB23D #9FCC3D

triadic

#CCB23D #3DCCB2 #B23DCC

tetradic

#CCB23D #3DCC6B #3D57CC #CC3D9F

square

#CCB23D #3DCC6B #3D57CC #CC3D9F

split-complementary

#CCB23D #3D9FCC #6B3DCC

monochromatic

#71621E #A18C2A #CCB23D #D9C56D #E5D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#CCB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB23D

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB23D	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)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.136 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc879',
    500: '#ccb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb23d;
$custom-light: #dfc879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7653,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB23D

secondary

#939ED2

accent

#62E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB23D

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

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