#CCBD59#CCBD59

#CCBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBD59
RGB	rgb(204, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -7.31, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 52.10, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0231 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9042, 49.9555, 16.7263)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBD59 #5968CC

analogous

#CC8459 #CCBD59 #A1CC59

triadic

#CCBD59 #59CCBD #BD59CC

tetradic

#CCBD59 #59CC84 #5968CC #CC59A1

square

#CCBD59 #59CC84 #5968CC #CC59A1

split-complementary

#CCBD59 #59A1CC #8459CC

monochromatic

#837728 #B1A136 #CCBD59 #DAD088 #E9E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CCBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#CCBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBD59

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBD59	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded08b',
    500: '#ccbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbd59;
$custom-light: #ded08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBD59

secondary

#A9AFD8

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBD59

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

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