#CCB44B#CCB44B

#CCB44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.127 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB44B
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -3.62, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 55.28, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0141 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.127 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4950, 45.9899, 13.2938)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB44B #4B63CC

analogous

#CC734B #CCB44B #A4CC4B

triadic

#CCB44B #4BCCB4 #B44BCC

tetradic

#CCB44B #4BCC73 #4B63CC #CC4BA4

square

#CCB44B #4BCC73 #4B63CC #CC4BA4

split-complementary

#CCB44B #4BA4CC #734BCC

monochromatic

#7A6A23 #AA9330 #CCB44B #DAC87B #E7DCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CCB44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#CCB44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB44B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB44B	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.127 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca82',
    500: '#ccb44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb44b;
$custom-light: #dfca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77069,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB44B

secondary

#9EA8D5

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB44B

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

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