#CCBB55#CCBB55

#CCBB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBB55
RGB	rgb(204, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -6.58, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 53.19, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0214 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3135, 49.0357, 15.7232)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBB55 #5566CC

analogous

#CC8055 #CCBB55 #A1CC55

triadic

#CCBB55 #55CCBB #BB55CC

tetradic

#CCBB55 #55CC80 #5566CC #CC55A1

square

#CCBB55 #55CC80 #5566CC #CC55A1

split-complementary

#CCBB55 #55A1CC #8055CC

monochromatic

#807326 #AF9E35 #CCBB55 #DACE84 #E8E1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CCBB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#CCBB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBB55

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBB55	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf88',
    500: '#ccbb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbb55;
$custom-light: #decf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78632,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBB55

secondary

#A6ADD7

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBB55

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

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