#CCB956#CCB956

#CCB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCB956
RGB	rgb(204, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -5.46, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 52.03, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0181 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9322, 48.2090, 15.7935)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCB956 #5669CC

analogous

#CC7E56 #CCB956 #A4CC56

triadic

#CCB956 #56CCB9 #B956CC

tetradic

#CCB956 #56CC7E #5669CC #CC56A4

square

#CCB956 #56CC7E #5669CC #CC56A4

split-complementary

#CCB956 #56A4CC #7E56CC

monochromatic

#817227 #B09C35 #CCB956 #DACC85 #E8E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CCB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#CCB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCB956

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCB956	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd89',
    500: '#ccb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccb956;
$custom-light: #decd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78225,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCB956

secondary

#A7AFD7

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCB956

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

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