#CCB951#CCB951

#CCB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB951
RGB	rgb(204, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -5.82, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 54.29, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0197 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(43.7377, 48.1313, 14.7694)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB951 #5164CC

analogous

#CC7B51 #CCB951 #A1CC51

triadic

#CCB951 #51CCB9 #B951CC

tetradic

#CCB951 #51CC7B #5164CC #CC51A1

square

#CCB951 #51CC7B #5164CC #CC51A1

split-complementary

#CCB951 #51A1CC #7B51CC

monochromatic

#7E7025 #AD9A33 #CCB951 #DACC80 #E8DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CCB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#CCB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB951

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB951	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd86',
    500: '#ccb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb951;
$custom-light: #decd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78171,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.48129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB951

secondary

#A3ABD6

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB951

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

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