#CCBD53#CCBD53

#CCBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.128 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBD53
RGB	rgb(204, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -7.76, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 54.82, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.025 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.128 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6624, 49.8588, 15.4531)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBD53 #5362CC

analogous

#CC8153 #CCBD53 #9FCC53

triadic

#CCBD53 #53CCBD #BD53CC

tetradic

#CCBD53 #53CC81 #5362CC #CC539F

square

#CCBD53 #53CC81 #5362CC #CC539F

split-complementary

#CCBD53 #539FCC #8153CC

monochromatic

#7F7426 #AE9F34 #CCBD53 #DACF82 #E8E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CCBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#CCBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBD53

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBD53	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	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)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.128 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded087',
    500: '#ccbd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbd53;
$custom-light: #ded087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79029,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBD53

secondary

#A4ABD6

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBD53

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

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