#CCBD55#CCBD55

#CCBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBD55
RGB	rgb(204, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -7.61, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 53.92, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0244 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7407, 49.8902, 15.8656)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBD55 #5564CC

analogous

#CC8255 #CCBD55 #A0CC55

triadic

#CCBD55 #55CCBD #BD55CC

tetradic

#CCBD55 #55CC82 #5564CC #CC55A0

square

#CCBD55 #55CC82 #5564CC #CC55A0

split-complementary

#CCBD55 #55A0CC #8255CC

monochromatic

#807526 #AFA035 #CCBD55 #DACF84 #E8E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CCBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CCBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBD55

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBD55	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded088',
    500: '#ccbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbd55;
$custom-light: #ded088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79051,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBD55

secondary

#A6ACD7

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBD55

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

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