#CCBA59#CCBA59

#CCBA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.120 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBA59
RGB	rgb(204, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -5.76, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 51.00, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0186 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.12 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2655, 48.6783, 16.5134)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBA59 #596BCC

analogous

#CC8159 #CCBA59 #A4CC59

triadic

#CCBA59 #59CCBA #BA59CC

tetradic

#CCBA59 #59CC81 #596BCC #CC59A4

square

#CCBA59 #59CC81 #596BCC #CC59A4

split-complementary

#CCBA59 #59A4CC #8159CC

monochromatic

#837428 #B19E36 #CCBA59 #DACD88 #E9E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CCBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CCBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBA59

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBA59	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.120 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dece8b',
    500: '#ccba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccba59;
$custom-light: #dece8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78468,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBA59

secondary

#A9B0D8

accent

#62DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBA59

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

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