#CCB440#CCB440

#CCB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB440
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -4.27, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 59.89, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0172 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1505, 45.8521, 11.4796)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB440 #4058CC

analogous

#CC6E40 #CCB440 #9ECC40

triadic

#CCB440 #40CCB4 #B440CC

tetradic

#CCB440 #40CC6E #4058CC #CC409E

square

#CCB440 #40CC6E #4058CC #CC409E

split-complementary

#CCB440 #409ECC #6E40CC

monochromatic

#73641F #A38F2C #CCB440 #D9C770 #E6DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CCB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#CCB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB440

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB440	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.135 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca7b',
    500: '#ccb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb440;
$custom-light: #dfca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7697,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB440

secondary

#95A0D2

accent

#61E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB440

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

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