#CCBD51#CCBD51

#CCBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBD51
RGB	rgb(204, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -7.90, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 55.71, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0257 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5863, 49.8284, 15.0523)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBD51 #5160CC

analogous

#CC7F51 #CCBD51 #9DCC51

triadic

#CCBD51 #51CCBD #BD51CC

tetradic

#CCBD51 #51CC7F #5160CC #CC519D

square

#CCBD51 #51CC7F #5160CC #CC519D

split-complementary

#CCBD51 #519DCC #7F51CC

monochromatic

#7E7325 #AD9E33 #CCBD51 #DACF80 #E8E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CCBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#CCBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBD51

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBD51	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded086',
    500: '#ccbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbd51;
$custom-light: #ded086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79009,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBD51

secondary

#A3A9D6

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBD51

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

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