#CCB941#CCB941

#CCB941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB941
RGB	rgb(204, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -6.81, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 61.07, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0244 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2069, 47.9189, 11.9734)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB941 #4154CC

analogous

#CC7441 #CCB941 #99CC41

triadic

#CCB941 #41CCB9 #B941CC

tetradic

#CCB941 #41CC74 #4154CC #CC4199

square

#CCB941 #41CC74 #4154CC #CC4199

split-complementary

#CCB941 #4199CC #7441CC

monochromatic

#74681F #A4932C #CCB941 #D9CB71 #E6DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CCB941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#CCB941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB941

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB941	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd7c',
    500: '#ccb941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb941;
$custom-light: #dfcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78022,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB941

secondary

#969FD3

accent

#5CE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB941

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

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