#CCBB42#CCBB42

#CCBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBB42
RGB	rgb(204, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -7.79, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 61.33, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0271 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6574, 48.7733, 12.2678)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBB42 #4253CC

analogous

#CC7642 #CCBB42 #98CC42

triadic

#CCBB42 #42CCBB #BB42CC

tetradic

#CCBB42 #42CC76 #4253CC #CC4298

square

#CCBB42 #42CC76 #4253CC #CC4298

split-complementary

#CCBB42 #4298CC #7642CC

monochromatic

#746A1F #A4962C #CCBB42 #D9CC72 #E6DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CCBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#CCBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBB42

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBB42	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)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf7d',
    500: '#ccbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbb42;
$custom-light: #dfcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7845,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBB42

secondary

#979ED3

accent

#5AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBB42

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

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