#CCB259#CCB259

#CCB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.113 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB259
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -1.57, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 48.27, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0065 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.113 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6271, 45.4015, 15.9673)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB259 #5973CC

analogous

#CC7959 #CCB259 #ACCC59

triadic

#CCB259 #59CCB2 #B259CC

tetradic

#CCB259 #59CC79 #5973CC #CC59AC

square

#CCB259 #59CC79 #5973CC #CC59AC

split-complementary

#CCB259 #59ACCC #7959CC

monochromatic

#836E28 #B19636 #CCB259 #DAC888 #E9DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CCB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#CCB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB259

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB259	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.113 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec88a',
    500: '#ccb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb259;
$custom-light: #dec88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76811,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB259

secondary

#A9B4D8

accent

#6CDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB259

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

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