#CCB23F#CCB23F

#CCB23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.134 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB23F
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 69.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -3.27, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 59.69, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0145 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.134 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7215, 45.0392, 11.1975)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB23F #3F59CC

analogous

#CC6B3F #CCB23F #A0CC3F

triadic

#CCB23F #3FCCB2 #B23FCC

tetradic

#CCB23F #3FCC6B #3F59CC #CC3FA0

square

#CCB23F #3FCC6B #3F59CC #CC3FA0

split-complementary

#CCB23F #3FA0CC #6B3FCC

monochromatic

#72631E #A38D2B #CCB23F #D9C56F #E6D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#CCB23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB23F

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB23F	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)

#C4AE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.134 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc87a',
    500: '#ccb23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb23f;
$custom-light: #dfc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76546,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB23F

secondary

#95A0D2

accent

#63E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB23F

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

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