#CCBD56#CCBD56

#CCBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBD56
RGB	rgb(204, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -7.54, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 53.47, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0241 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7808, 49.9062, 16.0763)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBD56 #5665CC

analogous

#CC8256 #CCBD56 #A0CC56

triadic

#CCBD56 #56CCBD #BD56CC

tetradic

#CCBD56 #56CC82 #5665CC #CC56A0

square

#CCBD56 #56CC82 #5665CC #CC56A0

split-complementary

#CCBD56 #56A0CC #8256CC

monochromatic

#817527 #B0A035 #CCBD56 #DACF85 #E8E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CCBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CCBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBD56

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBD56	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)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded089',
    500: '#ccbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbd56;
$custom-light: #ded089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79062,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBD56

secondary

#A7ADD7

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBD56

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

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