#CCB338#CCB338

#CCB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.140 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB338
RGB	rgb(204, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -4.14, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 62.69, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0178 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.14 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7378, 45.3652, 10.2985)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB338 #3851CC

analogous

#CC6938 #CCB338 #9BCC38

triadic

#CCB338 #38CCB3 #B338CC

tetradic

#CCB338 #38CC69 #3851CC #CC389B

square

#CCB338 #38CC69 #3851CC #CC389B

split-complementary

#CCB338 #389BCC #6938CC

monochromatic

#6E601C #9E8A29 #CCB338 #D8C669 #E5D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CCB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#CCB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB338

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB338	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)

#C5AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.140 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc977',
    500: '#ccb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb338;
$custom-light: #dfc977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.767,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB338

secondary

#8F9AD1

accent

#60E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB338

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

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