#CCB939#CCB939

#CCB939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.144 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB939
RGB	rgb(204, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -7.22, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 64.13, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0264 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.144 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9913, 47.8327, 10.8382)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB939 #394CCC

analogous

#CC6F39 #CCB939 #95CC39

triadic

#CCB939 #39CCB9 #B939CC

tetradic

#CCB939 #39CC6F #394CCC #CC3995

square

#CCB939 #39CC6F #394CCC #CC3995

split-complementary

#CCB939 #3995CC #6F39CC

monochromatic

#6E641C #9F9029 #CCB939 #D9CA6A #E5DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CCB939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#CCB939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB939

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB939	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.144 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd78',
    500: '#ccb939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb939;
$custom-light: #dfcd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.245,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77961,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB939

secondary

#9098D1

accent

#5AE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB939

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

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