#CCAA37#CCAA37

#CCAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.134 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA37
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 0.55, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 60.64, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0045 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.134 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9684, 41.8650, 9.5893)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA37 #3759CC

analogous

#CC5F37 #CCAA37 #A3CC37

triadic

#CCAA37 #37CCAA #AA37CC

tetradic

#CCAA37 #37CC5F #3759CC #CC37A3

square

#CCAA37 #37CC5F #3759CC #CC37A3

split-complementary

#CCAA37 #37A3CC #5F37CC

monochromatic

#6D5A1C #9E8328 #CCAA37 #D8BF68 #E5D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CCAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA37

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA37	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)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.134 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c275',
    500: '#ccaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa37;
$custom-light: #e0c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74837,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA37

secondary

#8E9DD0

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA37

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

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