#CCAA36#CCAA36

#CCAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA36
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 0.51, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 61.01, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0047 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.135 92)
XYZ	xyz(39.9446, 41.8556, 9.4643)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA36 #3658CC

analogous

#CC5F36 #CCAA36 #A3CC36

triadic

#CCAA36 #36CCAA #AA36CC

tetradic

#CCAA36 #36CC5F #3658CC #CC36A3

square

#CCAA36 #36CC5F #3658CC #CC36A3

split-complementary

#CCAA36 #36A3CC #5F36CC

monochromatic

#6C5A1B #9D8228 #CCAA36 #D8BF67 #E5D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CCAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA36

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA36	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)

#BDA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c275',
    500: '#ccaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa36;
$custom-light: #e0c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7483,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.41853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA36

secondary

#8E9DD0

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA36

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

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