#CCB541#CCB541

#CCB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB541
RGB	rgb(204, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -4.73, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 59.80, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0185 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3818, 46.2688, 11.6984)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB541 #4158CC

analogous

#CC6F41 #CCB541 #9DCC41

triadic

#CCB541 #41CCB5 #B541CC

tetradic

#CCB541 #41CC6F #4158CC #CC419D

square

#CCB541 #41CC6F #4158CC #CC419D

split-complementary

#CCB541 #419DCC #6F41CC

monochromatic

#74661F #A4902C #CCB541 #D9C871 #E6DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CCB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#CCB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB541

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB541	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)

#C6B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca7c',
    500: '#ccb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb541;
$custom-light: #dfca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77186,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB541

secondary

#96A0D3

accent

#60E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB541

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

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