#CCB855#CCB855

#CCB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB855
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -5.02, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 52.13, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0169 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.121 98)
XYZ	xyz(43.6837, 47.7761, 15.5133)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB855 #5569CC

analogous

#CC7D55 #CCB855 #A5CC55

triadic

#CCB855 #55CCB8 #B855CC

tetradic

#CCB855 #55CC7D #5569CC #CC55A5

square

#CCB855 #55CC7D #5569CC #CC55A5

split-complementary

#CCB855 #55A5CC #7D55CC

monochromatic

#807126 #AF9B35 #CCB855 #DACC84 #E8DFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CCB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#CCB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB855

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB855	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.121 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd88',
    500: '#ccb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb855;
$custom-light: #decd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.47774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB855

secondary

#A6AED7

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB855

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

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