#CCB559#CCB559

#CCB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB559
RGB	rgb(204, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -3.14, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 49.26, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0111 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.115 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2306, 46.6083, 16.1684)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB559 #5970CC

analogous

#CC7C59 #CCB559 #A9CC59

triadic

#CCB559 #59CCB5 #B559CC

tetradic

#CCB559 #59CC7C #5970CC #CC59A9

square

#CCB559 #59CC7C #5970CC #CC59A9

split-complementary

#CCB559 #59A9CC #7C59CC

monochromatic

#837028 #B19936 #CCB559 #DACA88 #E9DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CCB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#CCB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB559

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB559	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca8b',
    500: '#ccb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb559;
$custom-light: #deca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7743,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB559

secondary

#A9B2D8

accent

#68DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB559

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

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