#CCB53A#CCB53A

#CCB53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB53A
RGB	rgb(204, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -5.09, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 62.53, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0203 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.14 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1915, 46.1927, 10.6959)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB53A #3A51CC

analogous

#CC6C3A #CCB53A #9ACC3A

triadic

#CCB53A #3ACCB5 #B53ACC

tetradic

#CCB53A #3ACC6C #3A51CC #CC3A9A

square

#CCB53A #3ACC6C #3A51CC #CC3A9A

split-complementary

#CCB53A #3A9ACC #6C3ACC

monochromatic

#6F621D #A08D29 #CCB53A #D9C76B #E5DA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CCB53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#CCB53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB53A

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB53A	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)

#C7B027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca78',
    500: '#ccb53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb53a;
$custom-light: #dfca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77131,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB53A

secondary

#919BD1

accent

#5EE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB53A

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

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