#CCBB3B#CCBB3B

#CCBB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.144 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBB3B
RGB	rgb(204, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -8.16, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 64.03, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0288 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.144 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4635, 48.6957, 11.2466)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBB3B #3B4CCC

analogous

#CC733B #CCBB3B #94CC3B

triadic

#CCBB3B #3BCCBB #BB3BCC

tetradic

#CCBB3B #3BCC73 #3B4CCC #CC3B94

square

#CCBB3B #3BCC73 #3B4CCC #CC3B94

split-complementary

#CCBB3B #3B94CC #733BCC

monochromatic

#70661D #A0922A #CCBB3B #D9CC6C #E5DD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CCBB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CCBB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBB3B

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBB3B	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)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.144 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf79',
    500: '#ccbb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbb3b;
$custom-light: #dfcf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78396,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBB3B

secondary

#9299D1

accent

#58E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBB3B

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

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