#CCBD3B#CCBD3B

#CCBD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.146 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBD3B
RGB	rgb(204, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -9.19, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 64.69, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0318 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.146 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8908, 49.5502, 11.3890)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBD3B #3B4ACC

analogous

#CC753B #CCBD3B #93CC3B

triadic

#CCBD3B #3BCCBD #BD3BCC

tetradic

#CCBD3B #3BCC75 #3B4ACC #CC3B93

square

#CCBD3B #3BCC75 #3B4ACC #CC3B93

split-complementary

#CCBD3B #3B93CC #753BCC

monochromatic

#70671D #A0942A #CCBD3B #D9CD6C #E5DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CCBD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#CCBD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBD3B

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBD3B	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.146 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd079',
    500: '#ccbd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbd3b;
$custom-light: #dfd079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78817,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBD3B

secondary

#9298D1

accent

#56E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBD3B

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

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