#CCB841#CCB841

#CCB841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB841
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -6.30, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 60.75, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0229 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9984, 47.5020, 11.9039)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB841 #4155CC

analogous

#CC7341 #CCB841 #9ACC41

triadic

#CCB841 #41CCB8 #B841CC

tetradic

#CCB841 #41CC73 #4155CC #CC419A

square

#CCB841 #41CC73 #4155CC #CC419A

split-complementary

#CCB841 #419ACC #7341CC

monochromatic

#74671F #A4932C #CCB841 #D9CA71 #E6DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CCB841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#CCB841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB841

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB841	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)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd7c',
    500: '#ccb841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb841;
$custom-light: #dfcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77812,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB841

secondary

#969FD3

accent

#5DE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB841

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

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