#CCB73B#CCB73B

#CCB73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB73B
RGB	rgb(204, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -6.09, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 62.76, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.023 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6267, 47.0221, 10.9677)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB73B #3B50CC

analogous

#CC6F3B #CCB73B #99CC3B

triadic

#CCB73B #3BCCB7 #B73BCC

tetradic

#CCB73B #3BCC6F #3B50CC #CC3B99

square

#CCB73B #3BCC6F #3B50CC #CC3B99

split-complementary

#CCB73B #3B99CC #6F3BCC

monochromatic

#70641D #A08F2A #CCB73B #D9C96C #E5DB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CCB73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#CCB73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB73B

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB73B	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc79',
    500: '#ccb73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb73b;
$custom-light: #dfcc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77556,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB73B

secondary

#929BD1

accent

#5CE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB73B

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

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