#CCB850#CCB850

#CCB850 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB850
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -5.37, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 54.39, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0185 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4921, 47.6994, 14.5039)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB850 #5064CC

analogous

#CC7A50 #CCB850 #A2CC50

triadic

#CCB850 #50CCB8 #B850CC

tetradic

#CCB850 #50CC7A #5064CC #CC50A2

square

#CCB850 #50CC7A #5064CC #CC50A2

split-complementary

#CCB850 #50A2CC #7A50CC

monochromatic

#7D6F24 #AD9932 #CCB850 #DACB7F #E8DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CCB850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#CCB850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB850

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB850	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd85',
    500: '#ccb850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb850;
$custom-light: #decd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77952,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB850

secondary

#A2AAD6

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB850

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

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