#CCB43C#CCB43C

#CCB43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.138 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB43C
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -4.47, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 61.47, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0183 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.138 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0407, 45.8082, 10.9016)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB43C #3C54CC

analogous

#CC6C3C #CCB43C #9CCC3C

triadic

#CCB43C #3CCCB4 #B43CCC

tetradic

#CCB43C #3CCC6C #3C54CC #CC3C9C

square

#CCB43C #3CCC6C #3C54CC #CC3C9C

split-complementary

#CCB43C #3C9CCC #6C3CCC

monochromatic

#70621D #A18D2A #CCB43C #D9C76D #E5D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CCB43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#CCB43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB43C

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB43C	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.138 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca79',
    500: '#ccb43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb43c;
$custom-light: #dfca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76938,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB43C

secondary

#929DD1

accent

#60E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB43C

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

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