#CCBD40#CCBD40

#CCBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.142 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBD40
RGB	rgb(204, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -8.93, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 62.79, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0305 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.142 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0267, 49.6046, 12.1050)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBD40 #404FCC

analogous

#CC7740 #CCBD40 #95CC40

triadic

#CCBD40 #40CCBD #BD40CC

tetradic

#CCBD40 #40CC77 #404FCC #CC4095

square

#CCBD40 #40CC77 #404FCC #CC4095

split-complementary

#CCBD40 #4095CC #7740CC

monochromatic

#736A1F #A3962C #CCBD40 #D9CE70 #E6DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CCBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#CCBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBD40

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBD40	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.142 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd07c',
    500: '#ccbd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbd40;
$custom-light: #dfd07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78855,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBD40

secondary

#959CD2

accent

#57E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBD40

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

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