#CCB840#CCB840

#CCB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB840
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -6.35, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 61.14, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0232 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9697, 47.4905, 11.7527)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB840 #4054CC

analogous

#CC7240 #CCB840 #9ACC40

triadic

#CCB840 #40CCB8 #B840CC

tetradic

#CCB840 #40CC72 #4054CC #CC409A

square

#CCB840 #40CC72 #4054CC #CC409A

split-complementary

#CCB840 #409ACC #7240CC

monochromatic

#73671F #A3922C #CCB840 #D9CA70 #E6DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CCB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#CCB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB840

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB840	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd7c',
    500: '#ccb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb840;
$custom-light: #dfcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77804,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB840

secondary

#959ED2

accent

#5DE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB840

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

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