#CCB438#CCB438

#CCB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB438
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -4.67, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 62.98, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0193 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9390, 45.7675, 10.3656)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB438 #3850CC

analogous

#CC6A38 #CCB438 #9ACC38

triadic

#CCB438 #38CCB4 #B438CC

tetradic

#CCB438 #38CC6A #3850CC #CC389A

square

#CCB438 #38CC6A #3850CC #CC389A

split-complementary

#CCB438 #389ACC #6A38CC

monochromatic

#6E601C #9E8B29 #CCB438 #D8C669 #E5D999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CCB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#CCB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB438

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB438	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)

#C6B024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca77',
    500: '#ccb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb438;
$custom-light: #dfca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB438

secondary

#8F9AD1

accent

#5FE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB438

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

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