#CCBE40#CCBE40

#CCBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBE40
RGB	rgb(204, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -9.45, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 63.13, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.032 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2426, 50.0363, 12.1770)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBE40 #404ECC

analogous

#CC7840 #CCBE40 #94CC40

triadic

#CCBE40 #40CCBE #BE40CC

tetradic

#CCBE40 #40CC78 #404ECC #CC4094

square

#CCBE40 #40CC78 #404ECC #CC4094

split-complementary

#CCBE40 #4094CC #7840CC

monochromatic

#736A1F #A3972C #CCBE40 #D9CE70 #E6DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CCBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#CCBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBE40

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBE40	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd17c',
    500: '#ccbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbe40;
$custom-light: #dfd17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79066,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBE40

secondary

#343C7C

accent

#56E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBE40

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

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