#CCA936#CCA936

#CCA936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA936
RGB	rgb(204, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 1.04, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 60.77, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0032 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.134 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7579, 41.4821, 9.4021)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA936 #3659CC

analogous

#CC5E36 #CCA936 #A4CC36

triadic

#CCA936 #36CCA9 #A936CC

tetradic

#CCA936 #36CC5E #3659CC #CC36A4

square

#CCA936 #36CC5E #3659CC #CC36A4

split-complementary

#CCA936 #36A4CC #5E36CC

monochromatic

#6C591B #9D8228 #CCA936 #D8BE67 #E5D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CCA936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#CCA936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA936

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA936	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c275',
    500: '#cca936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca936;
$custom-light: #e0c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74626,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA936

secondary

#8E9DD0

accent

#6AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA936

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

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