#CCB851#CCB851

#CCB851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB851
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -5.30, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 53.94, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0182 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5293, 47.7143, 14.6999)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB851 #5165CC

analogous

#CC7A51 #CCB851 #A2CC51

triadic

#CCB851 #51CCB8 #B851CC

tetradic

#CCB851 #51CC7A #5165CC #CC51A2

square

#CCB851 #51CC7A #5165CC #CC51A2

split-complementary

#CCB851 #51A2CC #7A51CC

monochromatic

#7E6F25 #AD9933 #CCB851 #DACB80 #E8DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CCB851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#CCB851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB851

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB851	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)

#C8B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd86',
    500: '#ccb851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb851;
$custom-light: #decd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77962,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB851

secondary

#A3ABD6

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB851

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

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