#CCB539#CCB539

#CCB539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB539
RGB	rgb(204, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -5.14, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 62.90, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0205 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1663, 46.1826, 10.5632)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB539 #3950CC

analogous

#CC6B39 #CCB539 #99CC39

triadic

#CCB539 #39CCB5 #B539CC

tetradic

#CCB539 #39CC6B #3950CC #CC3999

square

#CCB539 #39CC6B #3950CC #CC3999

split-complementary

#CCB539 #3999CC #6B39CC

monochromatic

#6E611C #9F8C29 #CCB539 #D9C76A #E5D99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CCB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#CCB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB539

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB539	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca77',
    500: '#ccb539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb539;
$custom-light: #dfca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77124,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB539

secondary

#909AD1

accent

#5EE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB539

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

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