#CCBA51#CCBA51

#CCBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBA51
RGB	rgb(204, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -6.34, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 54.64, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0212 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9477, 48.5511, 14.8394)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBA51 #5163CC

analogous

#CC7C51 #CCBA51 #A0CC51

triadic

#CCBA51 #51CCBA #BA51CC

tetradic

#CCBA51 #51CC7C #5163CC #CC51A0

square

#CCBA51 #51CC7C #5163CC #CC51A0

split-complementary

#CCBA51 #51A0CC #7C51CC

monochromatic

#7E7125 #AD9B33 #CCBA51 #DACD80 #E8E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CCBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#CCBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBA51

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBA51	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dece86',
    500: '#ccba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccba51;
$custom-light: #dece86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7838,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBA51

secondary

#A3AAD6

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBA51

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

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