#CCBB51#CCBB51

#CCBB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBB51
RGB	rgb(204, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -6.86, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 54.99, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0227 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1591, 48.9739, 14.9098)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBB51 #5162CC

analogous

#CC7D51 #CCBB51 #9FCC51

triadic

#CCBB51 #51CCBB #BB51CC

tetradic

#CCBB51 #51CC7D #5162CC #CC519F

square

#CCBB51 #51CC7D #5162CC #CC519F

split-complementary

#CCBB51 #519FCC #7D51CC

monochromatic

#7E7125 #AD9C33 #CCBB51 #DACD80 #E8E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CCBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#CCBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBB51

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBB51	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf86',
    500: '#ccbb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbb51;
$custom-light: #decf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78589,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBB51

secondary

#A3AAD6

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBB51

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

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