#CCB844#CCB844

#CCB844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB844
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -6.13, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 59.53, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0221 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0876, 47.5377, 12.3738)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB844 #4458CC

analogous

#CC7444 #CCB844 #9CCC44

triadic

#CCB844 #44CCB8 #B844CC

tetradic

#CCB844 #44CC74 #4458CC #CC449C

square

#CCB844 #44CC74 #4458CC #CC449C

split-complementary

#CCB844 #449CCC #7444CC

monochromatic

#766920 #A6942D #CCB844 #D9CA74 #E6DDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CCB844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#CCB844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB844

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB844	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd7e',
    500: '#ccb844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb844;
$custom-light: #dfcd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77838,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB844

secondary

#99A1D3

accent

#5EE047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB844

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

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