#CCBD42#CCBD42

#CCBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.141 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBD42
RGB	rgb(204, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -8.83, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 62.01, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.03 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.141 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0847, 49.6277, 12.4102)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBD42 #4251CC

analogous

#CC7842 #CCBD42 #96CC42

triadic

#CCBD42 #42CCBD #BD42CC

tetradic

#CCBD42 #42CC78 #4251CC #CC4296

square

#CCBD42 #42CC78 #4251CC #CC4296

split-complementary

#CCBD42 #4296CC #7842CC

monochromatic

#746B1F #A4972C #CCBD42 #D9CE72 #E6DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CCBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#CCBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBD42

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBD42	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.141 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd07d',
    500: '#ccbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbd42;
$custom-light: #dfd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78871,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBD42

secondary

#979ED3

accent

#58E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBD42

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

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