#CCA737#CCA737

#CCA737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA737
RGB	rgb(204, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 2.15, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 59.91, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0001 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.133 90)
XYZ	xyz(39.4124, 40.7531, 9.4039)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA737 #375CCC

analogous

#CC5C37 #CCA737 #A6CC37

triadic

#CCA737 #37CCA7 #A737CC

tetradic

#CCA737 #37CC5C #375CCC #CC37A6

square

#CCA737 #37CC5C #375CCC #CC37A6

split-complementary

#CCA737 #37A6CC #5C37CC

monochromatic

#6D591C #9E8028 #CCA737 #D8BC68 #E5D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CCA737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#CCA737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA737

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA737	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c075',
    500: '#cca737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca737;
$custom-light: #e0c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.40751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA737

secondary

#8E9FD0

accent

#6CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA737

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

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