#CCBC40#CCBC40

#CCBC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.141 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBC40
RGB	rgb(204, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -8.42, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 62.45, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0291 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.141 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8124, 49.1758, 12.0336)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBC40 #4050CC

analogous

#CC7640 #CCBC40 #96CC40

triadic

#CCBC40 #40CCBC #BC40CC

tetradic

#CCBC40 #40CC76 #4050CC #CC4096

square

#CCBC40 #40CC76 #4050CC #CC4096

split-complementary

#CCBC40 #4096CC #7640CC

monochromatic

#73691F #A3962C #CCBC40 #D9CD70 #E6DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CCBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#CCBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBC40

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBC40	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.141 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf7c',
    500: '#ccbc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbc40;
$custom-light: #dfcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78644,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBC40

secondary

#959CD2

accent

#58E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBC40

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

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