#CCB250#CCB250

#CCB250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.121 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB250
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -2.23, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 52.42, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0095 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.121 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2720, 45.2594, 14.0972)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB250 #506ACC

analogous

#CC7450 #CCB250 #A8CC50

triadic

#CCB250 #50CCB2 #B250CC

tetradic

#CCB250 #50CC74 #506ACC #CC50A8

square

#CCB250 #50CC74 #506ACC #CC50A8

split-complementary

#CCB250 #50A8CC #7450CC

monochromatic

#7D6B24 #AD9332 #CCB250 #DAC77F #E8DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CCB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#CCB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB250

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB250	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.121 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec885',
    500: '#ccb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb250;
$custom-light: #dec885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76707,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB250

secondary

#A2ADD6

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB250

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

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