#CCBA40#CCBA40

#CCBA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBA40
RGB	rgb(204, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -7.39, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 61.79, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0261 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3881, 48.3273, 11.8922)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBA40 #4052CC

analogous

#CC7440 #CCBA40 #98CC40

triadic

#CCBA40 #40CCBA #BA40CC

tetradic

#CCBA40 #40CC74 #4052CC #CC4098

square

#CCBA40 #40CC74 #4052CC #CC4098

split-complementary

#CCBA40 #4098CC #7440CC

monochromatic

#73681F #A3942C #CCBA40 #D9CB70 #E6DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CCBA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#CCBA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBA40

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBA40	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce7c',
    500: '#ccba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccba40;
$custom-light: #dfce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78223,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBA40

secondary

#959DD2

accent

#5BE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBA40

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

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