#CCB656#CCB656

#CCB656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.119 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB656
RGB	rgb(204, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -3.90, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 50.99, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0136 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.119 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3112, 46.9671, 15.5865)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB656 #566CCC

analogous

#CC7B56 #CCB656 #A7CC56

triadic

#CCB656 #56CCB6 #B656CC

tetradic

#CCB656 #56CC7B #566CCC #CC56A7

square

#CCB656 #56CC7B #566CCC #CC56A7

split-complementary

#CCB656 #56A7CC #7B56CC

monochromatic

#817027 #B09935 #CCB656 #DACA85 #E8DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CCB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#CCB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB656

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB656	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.119 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decb89',
    500: '#ccb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb656;
$custom-light: #decb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77602,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB656

secondary

#A7B0D7

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB656

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

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