#CCA83A#CCA83A

#CCA83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA83A
RGB	rgb(204, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 1.76, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 58.99, 88.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0007 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.131 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6704, 41.1505, 9.8555)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA83A #3A5ECC

analogous

#CC5F3A #CCA83A #A7CC3A

triadic

#CCA83A #3ACCA8 #A83ACC

tetradic

#CCA83A #3ACC5F #3A5ECC #CC3AA7

square

#CCA83A #3ACC5F #3A5ECC #CC3AA7

split-complementary

#CCA83A #3AA7CC #5F3ACC

monochromatic

#6F5B1D #A08229 #CCA83A #D9BD6B #E5D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CCA83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#CCA83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA83A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA83A	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c177',
    500: '#cca83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca83a;
$custom-light: #e0c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74452,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA83A

secondary

#91A1D1

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA83A

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

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