#CCB540#CCB540

#CCB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.136 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB540
RGB	rgb(204, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -4.79, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 60.20, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0187 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.136 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3531, 46.2573, 11.5472)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB540 #4057CC

analogous

#CC6F40 #CCB540 #9DCC40

triadic

#CCB540 #40CCB5 #B540CC

tetradic

#CCB540 #40CC6F #4057CC #CC409D

square

#CCB540 #40CC6F #4057CC #CC409D

split-complementary

#CCB540 #409DCC #6F40CC

monochromatic

#73651F #A3902C #CCB540 #D9C870 #E6DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CCB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#CCB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB540

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB540	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.136 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca7b',
    500: '#ccb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb540;
$custom-light: #dfca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77178,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB540

secondary

#959FD2

accent

#60E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB540

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

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