#CCA940#CCA940

#CCA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA940
RGB	rgb(204, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 1.54, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 56.81, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0006 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.128 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0174, 41.5858, 10.7686)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA940 #4063CC

analogous

#CC6340 #CCA940 #A9CC40

triadic

#CCA940 #40CCA9 #A940CC

tetradic

#CCA940 #40CC63 #4063CC #CC40A9

square

#CCA940 #40CC63 #4063CC #CC40A9

split-complementary

#CCA940 #40A9CC #6340CC

monochromatic

#735E1F #A3852C #CCA940 #D9BF70 #E6D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CCA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CCA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA940

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA940	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc27a',
    500: '#cca940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca940;
$custom-light: #dfc27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74706,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA940

secondary

#95A5D2

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA940

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

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