#CCBB56#CCBB56

#CCBB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.123 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBB56
RGB	rgb(204, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -6.50, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 52.74, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0211 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.123 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3535, 49.0517, 15.9339)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBB56 #5667CC

analogous

#CC8056 #CCBB56 #A2CC56

triadic

#CCBB56 #56CCBB #BB56CC

tetradic

#CCBB56 #56CC80 #5667CC #CC56A2

square

#CCBB56 #56CC80 #5667CC #CC56A2

split-complementary

#CCBB56 #56A2CC #8056CC

monochromatic

#817427 #B09E35 #CCBB56 #DACE85 #E8E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CCBB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#CCBB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBB56

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBB56	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)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.123 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf89',
    500: '#ccbb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbb56;
$custom-light: #decf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78643,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBB56

secondary

#A7AED7

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBB56

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

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