#CCB856#CCB856

#CCB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB856
RGB	rgb(204, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -4.94, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 51.68, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0166 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7237, 47.7921, 15.7240)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB856 #566ACC

analogous

#CC7D56 #CCB856 #A5CC56

triadic

#CCB856 #56CCB8 #B856CC

tetradic

#CCB856 #56CC7D #566ACC #CC56A5

square

#CCB856 #56CC7D #566ACC #CC56A5

split-complementary

#CCB856 #56A5CC #7D56CC

monochromatic

#817227 #B09B35 #CCB856 #DACC85 #E8E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CCB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#CCB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB856

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB856	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd89',
    500: '#ccb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb856;
$custom-light: #decd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78017,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB856

secondary

#A7AFD7

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB856

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

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