#CCBB40#CCBB40

#CCBB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBB40
RGB	rgb(204, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -7.90, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 62.12, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0276 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5995, 48.7501, 11.9626)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBB40 #4051CC

analogous

#CC7540 #CCBB40 #97CC40

triadic

#CCBB40 #40CCBB #BB40CC

tetradic

#CCBB40 #40CC75 #4051CC #CC4097

square

#CCBB40 #40CC75 #4051CC #CC4097

split-complementary

#CCBB40 #4097CC #7540CC

monochromatic

#73691F #A3952C #CCBB40 #D9CC70 #E6DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CCBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#CCBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBB40

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBB40	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf7c',
    500: '#ccbb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbb40;
$custom-light: #dfcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78434,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBB40

secondary

#959DD2

accent

#59E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBB40

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

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