#CCB53C#CCB53C

#CCB53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB53C
RGB	rgb(204, 181, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -5.00, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 61.77, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0198 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2433, 46.2134, 10.9691)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB53C #3C53CC

analogous

#CC6D3C #CCB53C #9BCC3C

triadic

#CCB53C #3CCCB5 #B53CCC

tetradic

#CCB53C #3CCC6D #3C53CC #CC3C9B

square

#CCB53C #3CCC6D #3C53CC #CC3C9B

split-complementary

#CCB53C #3C9BCC #6D3CCC

monochromatic

#70631D #A18E2A #CCB53C #D9C76D #E5DA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CCB53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#CCB53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB53C

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB53C	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)

#C7B12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 181, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca79',
    500: '#ccb53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb53c;
$custom-light: #dfca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77146,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB53C

secondary

#929CD1

accent

#5FE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB53C

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

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