#CCB551#CCB551

#CCB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.123 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB551
RGB	rgb(204, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -3.74, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 52.94, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0137 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.123 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9127, 46.4812, 14.4944)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB551 #5168CC

analogous

#CC7751 #CCB551 #A6CC51

triadic

#CCB551 #51CCB5 #B551CC

tetradic

#CCB551 #51CC77 #5168CC #CC51A6

square

#CCB551 #51CC77 #5168CC #CC51A6

split-complementary

#CCB551 #51A6CC #7751CC

monochromatic

#7E6D25 #AD9633 #CCB551 #DAC980 #E8DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CCB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#CCB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB551

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB551	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.123 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca85',
    500: '#ccb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb551;
$custom-light: #deca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77339,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB551

secondary

#A3ACD6

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB551

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

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