#CCB44A#CCB44A

#CCB44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.128 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB44A
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -3.68, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 55.71, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0144 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.128 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4610, 45.9763, 13.1150)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB44A #4A62CC

analogous

#CC734A #CCB44A #A3CC4A

triadic

#CCB44A #4ACCB4 #B44ACC

tetradic

#CCB44A #4ACC73 #4A62CC #CC4AA3

square

#CCB44A #4ACC73 #4A62CC #CC4AA3

split-complementary

#CCB44A #4AA3CC #734ACC

monochromatic

#796922 #A99330 #CCB44A #D9C87A #E7DCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CCB44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#CCB44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB44A

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB44A	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.128 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca81',
    500: '#ccb44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb44a;
$custom-light: #dfca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77059,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB44A

secondary

#9DA8D4

accent

#64DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB44A

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

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