#CCB944#CCB944

#CCB944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB944
RGB	rgb(204, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -6.65, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 59.86, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0236 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(43.2961, 47.9546, 12.4433)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB944 #4457CC

analogous

#CC7544 #CCB944 #9BCC44

triadic

#CCB944 #44CCB9 #B944CC

tetradic

#CCB944 #44CC75 #4457CC #CC449B

square

#CCB944 #44CC75 #4457CC #CC449B

split-complementary

#CCB944 #449BCC #7544CC

monochromatic

#766A20 #A6952D #CCB944 #D9CB74 #E6DDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CCB944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CCB944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB944

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB944	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd7e',
    500: '#ccb944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb944;
$custom-light: #dfcd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78047,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.47953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB944

secondary

#99A1D3

accent

#5DE047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB944

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

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