#CCBE55#CCBE55

#CCBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCBE55
RGB	rgb(204, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -8.13, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 54.29, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0259 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9566, 50.3219, 15.9376)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCBE55 #5563CC

analogous

#CC8355 #CCBE55 #9FCC55

triadic

#CCBE55 #55CCBE #BE55CC

tetradic

#CCBE55 #55CC83 #5563CC #CC559F

square

#CCBE55 #55CC83 #5563CC #CC559F

split-complementary

#CCBE55 #559FCC #8355CC

monochromatic

#807626 #AFA135 #CCBE55 #DAD084 #E8E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CCBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#CCBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCBE55

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCBE55	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded188',
    500: '#ccbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccbe55;
$custom-light: #ded188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79261,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCBE55

secondary

#3D4688

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCBE55

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

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