#CCB849#CCB849

#CCB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB849
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -5.83, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 57.44, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0207 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(43.2468, 47.6013, 13.2120)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB849 #495DCC

analogous

#CC7749 #CCB849 #9ECC49

triadic

#CCB849 #49CCB8 #B849CC

tetradic

#CCB849 #49CC77 #495DCC #CC499E

square

#CCB849 #49CC77 #495DCC #CC499E

split-complementary

#CCB849 #499ECC #7749CC

monochromatic

#796B22 #A9962F #CCB849 #D9CB79 #E7DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CCB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#CCB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB849

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB849	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd81',
    500: '#ccb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb849;
$custom-light: #dfcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77882,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.47599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB849

secondary

#9DA5D4

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB849

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

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