#CCB933#CCB933

#CCB933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.147 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB933
RGB	rgb(204, 185, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -7.49, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 66.25, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0277 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.147 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8504, 47.7763, 10.0960)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB933 #3346CC

analogous

#CC6C33 #CCB933 #93CC33

triadic

#CCB933 #33CCB9 #B933CC

tetradic

#CCB933 #33CC6C #3346CC #CC3393

square

#CCB933 #33CC6C #3346CC #CC3393

split-complementary

#CCB933 #3393CC #6C33CC

monochromatic

#6A601B #9B8D27 #CCB933 #D8CA64 #E4DB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CCB933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#CCB933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB933

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB933	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)

#CBB418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 185, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.147 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd75',
    500: '#ccb933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb933;
$custom-light: #e0cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.549,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77921,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB933

secondary

#8B94D0

accent

#58E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB933

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

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