#CCB240#CCB240

#CCB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.134 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB240
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -3.22, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 59.29, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0142 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.134 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7497, 45.0505, 11.3460)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB240 #405ACC

analogous

#CC6C40 #CCB240 #A0CC40

triadic

#CCB240 #40CCB2 #B240CC

tetradic

#CCB240 #40CC6C #405ACC #CC40A0

square

#CCB240 #40CC6C #405ACC #CC40A0

split-complementary

#CCB240 #40A0CC #6C40CC

monochromatic

#73631F #A38D2C #CCB240 #D9C570 #E6D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CCB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#CCB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB240

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB240	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)

#C4AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.134 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc87b',
    500: '#ccb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb240;
$custom-light: #dfc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76555,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB240

secondary

#95A1D2

accent

#63E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB240

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

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