#CCAA38#CCAA38

#CCAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.134 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA38
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 0.60, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 60.26, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0042 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.134 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9926, 41.8747, 9.7168)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA38 #385ACC

analogous

#CC6038 #CCAA38 #A4CC38

triadic

#CCAA38 #38CCAA #AA38CC

tetradic

#CCAA38 #38CC60 #385ACC #CC38A4

square

#CCAA38 #38CC60 #385ACC #CC38A4

split-complementary

#CCAA38 #38A4CC #6038CC

monochromatic

#6E5B1C #9E8329 #CCAA38 #D8BF69 #E5D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CCAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA38

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA38	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)

#BDA827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.134 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c276',
    500: '#ccaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa38;
$custom-light: #e0c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74845,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA38

secondary

#8F9ED1

accent

#69E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA38

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

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