#CCB356#CCB356

#CCB356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB356
RGB	rgb(204, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -2.32, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 50.00, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0091 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.117 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7034, 45.7515, 15.3839)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB356 #566FCC

analogous

#CC7856 #CCB356 #AACC56

triadic

#CCB356 #56CCB3 #B356CC

tetradic

#CCB356 #56CC78 #566FCC #CC56AA

square

#CCB356 #56CC78 #566FCC #CC56AA

split-complementary

#CCB356 #56AACC #7856CC

monochromatic

#816E27 #B09635 #CCB356 #DAC885 #E8DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CCB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#CCB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB356

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB356	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec988',
    500: '#ccb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb356;
$custom-light: #dec988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76981,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB356

secondary

#A7B1D7

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB356

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

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