#CCB23E#CCB23E

#CCB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB23E
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -3.32, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 60.09, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0148 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.135 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6938, 45.0281, 11.0517)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB23E #3E58CC

analogous

#CC6B3E #CCB23E #9FCC3E

triadic

#CCB23E #3ECCB2 #B23ECC

tetradic

#CCB23E #3ECC6B #3E58CC #CC3E9F

square

#CCB23E #3ECC6B #3E58CC #CC3E9F

split-complementary

#CCB23E #3E9FCC #6B3ECC

monochromatic

#72621E #A28C2B #CCB23E #D9C56E #E6D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#CCB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB23E

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB23E	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc87a',
    500: '#ccb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb23e;
$custom-light: #dfc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76538,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB23E

secondary

#949FD2

accent

#63E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB23E

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

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