#CCB83B#CCB83B

#CCB83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.141 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB83B
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -6.61, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 63.07, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0244 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.141 100)
XYZ	xyz(42.8337, 47.4361, 11.0367)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB83B #3B4FCC

analogous

#CC703B #CCB83B #98CC3B

triadic

#CCB83B #3BCCB8 #B83BCC

tetradic

#CCB83B #3BCC70 #3B4FCC #CC3B98

square

#CCB83B #3BCC70 #3B4FCC #CC3B98

split-complementary

#CCB83B #3B98CC #703BCC

monochromatic

#70641D #A0902A #CCB83B #D9CA6C #E5DB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CCB83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#CCB83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB83B

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB83B	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.141 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd79',
    500: '#ccb83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb83b;
$custom-light: #dfcd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77766,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.47434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB83B

secondary

#929AD1

accent

#5BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB83B

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

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