#CCB950#CCB950

#CCB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB950
RGB	rgb(204, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -5.89, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 54.73, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.02 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7005, 48.1164, 14.5734)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB950 #5063CC

analogous

#CC7B50 #CCB950 #A1CC50

triadic

#CCB950 #50CCB9 #B950CC

tetradic

#CCB950 #50CC7B #5063CC #CC50A1

square

#CCB950 #50CC7B #5063CC #CC50A1

split-complementary

#CCB950 #50A1CC #7B50CC

monochromatic

#7D7024 #AD9A32 #CCB950 #DACC7F #E8DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CCB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#CCB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB950

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB950	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd85',
    500: '#ccb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb950;
$custom-light: #decd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7816,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB950

secondary

#A2AAD6

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB950

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

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