#CCBF4E

sRGB: 204 / 191 / 78

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations transform the fabric of existence
Quiet wishes transcend the limits of dreams

#CCBF4E belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 191 green and 78 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 53.8° lands in the yellow region. Its 55.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.13:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 191, 78
HSL: 53.81°, 55.26%, 55.29%
HSV / HSB: 53.81°, 61.76%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.37%, 61.76%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 44.906, 50.650, 14.619
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.466, -9.133, 57.020
WCAG relative luminance: 0.50649
24-bit decimal: 13418318

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CCBF4E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.13:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.89:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4E5BCC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCBF4E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CCBF4E #4E5BCC

Analogous

#CC804E and #9ACC4E sit 30° to either side of #CCBF4E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CC804E #CCBF4E #9ACC4E

Triadic

#CCBF4E, #4ECCBF and #BF4ECC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCBF4E #4ECCBF #BF4ECC

Split complementary

Start at #CCBF4E and look across the wheel. #4E9ACC and #804ECC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCBF4E #4E9ACC #804ECC

Square

Starting with #CCBF4E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #4ECC80, #4E5BCC, then #CC4E9A. Across the square, #CCBF4E pairs with #4E5BCC, and #4ECC80 with #CC4E9A.

#CCBF4E #4ECC80 #4E5BCC #CC4E9A

Tetradic

#CCBF4E and #4E5BCC are opposites, as are #5BCC4E and #BF4ECC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCBF4E #5BCC4E #4E5BCC #BF4ECC

Tints

Mixing #CCBF4E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CC71, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2DC, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCBF4E #D6CC71 #E0D995 #EBE5B8 #F5F2DC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCBF4E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3993E, keeps 80% of the original. By #292610, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCBF4E #A3993E #7A732F #524C1F #292610 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCBF4E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB258, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8D76, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCBF4E #BDB258 #AEA662 #9E996C #8F8D76 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CCBF4E

RGB

rgb(204 191 78)

HSL

hsl(53.810 55.263% 55.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCBF4E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCBF4E uses 204 red, 191 green and 78 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 74.9%

Blue 30.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCBF4E is 0.0% cyan, 6.4% magenta, 61.8% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.4%

Yellow 61.8%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBB55. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CB5 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CCBF4E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC66, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCBB55 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC66

Gradient to complement

#CCBF4E #B7AE63 #A29E78 #8D8D8D #787CA2 #636CB7 #4E5BCC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCBF4E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CFB941

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D3BF54

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#DAB3A7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CEBC48

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D1BF51

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CFBB79

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BDBDBD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C4BE93

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.60383 G 0.52100 B 0.07619

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.79126 G 0.75078 B 0.37713

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.58912 G 0.52375 B 0.11740

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.408 y 0.460 Y 50.650

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 20.000 M % 25.098 Y % 69.412

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001100 10111111 01001110