#CCAA35#CCAA35

#CCAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA35
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 0.46, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 61.39, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.005 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.135 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9214, 41.8463, 9.3419)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA35 #3557CC

analogous

#CC5E35 #CCAA35 #A2CC35

triadic

#CCAA35 #35CCAA #AA35CC

tetradic

#CCAA35 #35CC5E #3557CC #CC35A2

square

#CCAA35 #35CC5E #3557CC #CC35A2

split-complementary

#CCAA35 #35A2CC #5E35CC

monochromatic

#6B591B #9C8227 #CCAA35 #D8BF66 #E5D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CCAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA35

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA35	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)

#BDA722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c274',
    500: '#ccaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa35;
$custom-light: #e0c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74823,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA35

secondary

#8D9CD0

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA35

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

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