#CCB44C#CCB44C

#CCB44C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.126 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB44C
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -3.55, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 54.84, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0138 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.126 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5295, 46.0037, 13.4755)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB44C #4C64CC

analogous

#CC744C #CCB44C #A4CC4C

triadic

#CCB44C #4CCCB4 #B44CCC

tetradic

#CCB44C #4CCC74 #4C64CC #CC4CA4

square

#CCB44C #4CCC74 #4C64CC #CC4CA4

split-complementary

#CCB44C #4CA4CC #744CCC

monochromatic

#7B6A23 #AA9331 #CCB44C #DAC87C #E7DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CCB44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#CCB44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB44C

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB44C	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)

#C5B040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.126 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca82',
    500: '#ccb44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb44c;
$custom-light: #dfca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77079,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB44C

secondary

#9FA9D5

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB44C

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

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