#CCB44E#CCB44E

#CCB44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.124 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB44E
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -3.42, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 53.96, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0132 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.124 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6001, 46.0320, 13.8474)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB44E #4E66CC

analogous

#CC754E #CCB44E #A5CC4E

triadic

#CCB44E #4ECCB4 #B44ECC

tetradic

#CCB44E #4ECC75 #4E66CC #CC4EA5

square

#CCB44E #4ECC75 #4E66CC #CC4EA5

split-complementary

#CCB44E #4EA5CC #754ECC

monochromatic

#7C6B24 #AB9431 #CCB44E #DAC87E #E7DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CCB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#CCB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB44E

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB44E	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.124 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca83',
    500: '#ccb44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb44e;
$custom-light: #dfca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.771,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB44E

secondary

#A1ABD5

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB44E

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

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