#CCB249#CCB249

#CCB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.127 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB249
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -2.69, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 55.52, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0117 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.127 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0268, 45.1613, 12.8054)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB249 #4963CC

analogous

#CC7149 #CCB249 #A4CC49

triadic

#CCB249 #49CCB2 #B249CC

tetradic

#CCB249 #49CC71 #4963CC #CC49A4

square

#CCB249 #49CC71 #4963CC #CC49A4

split-complementary

#CCB249 #49A4CC #7149CC

monochromatic

#796822 #A9902F #CCB249 #D9C679 #E7DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CCB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#CCB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB249

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB249	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.127 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc880',
    500: '#ccb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb249;
$custom-light: #dfc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76636,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB249

secondary

#9DA8D4

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB249

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

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