#CCBB59#CCBB59

#CCBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.120 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBB59
RGB	rgb(204, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -6.28, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 51.36, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0201 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.12 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4769, 49.1011, 16.5839)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBB59 #596ACC

analogous

#CC8159 #CCBB59 #A4CC59

triadic

#CCBB59 #59CCBB #BB59CC

tetradic

#CCBB59 #59CC81 #596ACC #CC59A4

square

#CCBB59 #59CC81 #596ACC #CC59A4

split-complementary

#CCBB59 #59A4CC #8159CC

monochromatic

#837528 #B19F36 #CCBB59 #DACE88 #E9E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CCBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#CCBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBB59

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBB59	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.120 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decf8b',
    500: '#ccbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbb59;
$custom-light: #decf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78677,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBB59

secondary

#A9B0D8

accent

#61DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBB59

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

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