#CCAA39#CCAA39

#CCAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA39
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 0.65, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 59.87, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.004 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.133 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0173, 41.8846, 9.8469)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA39 #395BCC

analogous

#CC6039 #CCAA39 #A5CC39

triadic

#CCAA39 #39CCAA #AA39CC

tetradic

#CCAA39 #39CC60 #395BCC #CC39A5

square

#CCAA39 #39CC60 #395BCC #CC39A5

split-complementary

#CCAA39 #39A5CC #6039CC

monochromatic

#6E5B1C #9F8429 #CCAA39 #D9BF6A #E5D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CCAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA39

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA39	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c276',
    500: '#ccaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa39;
$custom-light: #e0c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA39

secondary

#909FD1

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA39

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

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