#CCB72D#CCB72D

#CCB72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.149 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB72D
RGB	rgb(204, 183, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -6.69, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 67.62, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.026 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.149 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3111, 46.8959, 9.3053)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB72D #2D42CC

analogous

#CC672D #CCB72D #92CC2D

triadic

#CCB72D #2DCCB7 #B72DCC

tetradic

#CCB72D #2DCC67 #2D42CC #CC2D92

square

#CCB72D #2DCC67 #2D42CC #CC2D92

split-complementary

#CCB72D #2D92CC #672DCC

monochromatic

#685D17 #9A8A22 #CCB72D #DBCA5B #E6DA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CCB72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#CCB72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB72D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB72D	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 183, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.149 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc72',
    500: '#ccb72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb72d;
$custom-light: #e0cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77467,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB72D

secondary

#858FD0

accent

#57E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB72D

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

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