#CCAA3B#CCAA3B

#CCAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA3B
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 0.75, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 59.09, 89.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0035 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.132 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0682, 41.9050, 10.1148)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA3B #3B5DCC

analogous

#CC623B #CCAA3B #A6CC3B

triadic

#CCAA3B #3BCCAA #AA3BCC

tetradic

#CCAA3B #3BCC62 #3B5DCC #CC3BA6

square

#CCAA3B #3BCC62 #3B5DCC #CC3BA6

split-complementary

#CCAA3B #3BA6CC #623BCC

monochromatic

#705C1D #A0842A #CCAA3B #D9BF6C #E5D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CCAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA3B

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA3B	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)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c277',
    500: '#ccaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa3b;
$custom-light: #e0c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74868,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA3B

secondary

#92A0D1

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA3B

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

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