#CCB261#CCB261

#CCB261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.105 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB261
RGB	rgb(204, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -0.91, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 44.46, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0037 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.105 92)
XYZ	xyz(42.9815, 45.5432, 17.8337)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB261 #617BCC

analogous

#CC7D61 #CCB261 #B0CC61

triadic

#CCB261 #61CCB2 #B261CC

tetradic

#CCB261 #61CC7D #617BCC #CC61B0

square

#CCB261 #61CC7D #617BCC #CC61B0

split-complementary

#CCB261 #61B0CC #7D61CC

monochromatic

#87712C #B5973B #CCB261 #DBC98F #EADFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CCB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#CCB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB261

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB261	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.105 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec890',
    500: '#ccb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb261;
$custom-light: #dec890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76914,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.45541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB261

secondary

#AFBAD9

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB261

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

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