#CCAA34#CCAA34

#CCAA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA34
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 74.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 0.42, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 61.75, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0052 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.136 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8986, 41.8371, 9.2220)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA34 #3456CC

analogous

#CC5E34 #CCAA34 #A2CC34

triadic

#CCAA34 #34CCAA #AA34CC

tetradic

#CCAA34 #34CC5E #3456CC #CC34A2

square

#CCAA34 #34CC5E #3456CC #CC34A2

split-complementary

#CCAA34 #34A2CC #5E34CC

monochromatic

#6B591B #9C8227 #CCAA34 #D8BE65 #E5D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CCAA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA34

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA34	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c274',
    500: '#ccaa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa34;
$custom-light: #e0c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74816,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA34

secondary

#8C9BD0

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA34

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

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