#CCB257#CCB257

#CCB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB257
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -1.72, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 49.21, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0072 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.115 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5443, 45.3683, 15.5310)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB257 #5771CC

analogous

#CC7857 #CCB257 #ABCC57

triadic

#CCB257 #57CCB2 #B257CC

tetradic

#CCB257 #57CC78 #5771CC #CC57AB

square

#CCB257 #57CC78 #5771CC #CC57AB

split-complementary

#CCB257 #57ABCC #7857CC

monochromatic

#816D27 #B09536 #CCB257 #DAC886 #E9DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CCB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#CCB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB257

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB257	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec889',
    500: '#ccb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb257;
$custom-light: #dec889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76787,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB257

secondary

#A8B2D7

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB257

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

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