#CCB340#CCB340

#CCB340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB340
RGB	rgb(204, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -3.74, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 59.59, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0157 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9494, 45.4499, 11.4126)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB340 #4059CC

analogous

#CC6D40 #CCB340 #9FCC40

triadic

#CCB340 #40CCB3 #B340CC

tetradic

#CCB340 #40CC6D #4059CC #CC409F

square

#CCB340 #40CC6D #4059CC #CC409F

split-complementary

#CCB340 #409FCC #6D40CC

monochromatic

#73641F #A38E2C #CCB340 #D9C670 #E6D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CCB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#CCB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB340

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB340	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc97b',
    500: '#ccb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb340;
$custom-light: #dfc97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.13425,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB340

secondary

#95A0D2

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB340

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

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