#CCB949#CCB949

#CCB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB949
RGB	rgb(204, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -6.35, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 57.78, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0222 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4552, 48.0182, 13.2815)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB949 #495CCC

analogous

#CC7849 #CCB949 #9DCC49

triadic

#CCB949 #49CCB9 #B949CC

tetradic

#CCB949 #49CC78 #495CCC #CC499D

square

#CCB949 #49CC78 #495CCC #CC499D

split-complementary

#CCB949 #499DCC #7849CC

monochromatic

#796C22 #A9972F #CCB949 #D9CB79 #E7DEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CCB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#CCB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB949

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB949	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd81',
    500: '#ccb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb949;
$custom-light: #dfcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78092,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB949

secondary

#9DA5D4

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB949

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

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