#CCA738#CCA738

#CCA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.132 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA738
RGB	rgb(204, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 2.20, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 59.53, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0004 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.132 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4366, 40.7628, 9.5315)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA738 #385DCC

analogous

#CC5D38 #CCA738 #A7CC38

triadic

#CCA738 #38CCA7 #A738CC

tetradic

#CCA738 #38CC5D #385DCC #CC38A7

square

#CCA738 #38CC5D #385DCC #CC38A7

split-complementary

#CCA738 #38A7CC #5D38CC

monochromatic

#6E591C #9E8129 #CCA738 #D8BD69 #E5D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CCA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#CCA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA738

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA738	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.132 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c076',
    500: '#cca738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca738;
$custom-light: #e0c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA738

secondary

#8FA0D1

accent

#6DE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA738

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

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