#CCB451#CCB451

#CCB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.122 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB451
RGB	rgb(204, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -3.21, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 52.61, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0122 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.122 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7101, 46.0760, 14.4268)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB451 #5169CC

analogous

#CC7651 #CCB451 #A6CC51

triadic

#CCB451 #51CCB4 #B451CC

tetradic

#CCB451 #51CC76 #5169CC #CC51A6

square

#CCB451 #51CC76 #5169CC #CC51A6

split-complementary

#CCB451 #51A6CC #7651CC

monochromatic

#7E6C25 #AD9533 #CCB451 #DAC880 #E8DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CCB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#CCB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB451

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB451	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)

#C5B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.122 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca85',
    500: '#ccb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb451;
$custom-light: #deca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77131,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB451

secondary

#A3ADD6

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB451

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

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