#CCB253#CCB253

#CCB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.118 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB253
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -2.02, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 51.06, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0085 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.118 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3854, 45.3047, 14.6941)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB253 #536DCC

analogous

#CC7653 #CCB253 #AACC53

triadic

#CCB253 #53CCB2 #B253CC

tetradic

#CCB253 #53CC76 #536DCC #CC53AA

square

#CCB253 #53CC76 #536DCC #CC53AA

split-complementary

#CCB253 #53AACC #7653CC

monochromatic

#7F6C26 #AE9434 #CCB253 #DAC782 #E8DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CCB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#CCB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB253

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB253	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.118 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec887',
    500: '#ccb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb253;
$custom-light: #dec887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7674,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB253

secondary

#A4AFD6

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB253

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

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