#CCAA3E#CCAA3E

#CCAA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA3E
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 0.90, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 57.89, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0027 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.13 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1482, 41.9370, 10.5365)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA3E #3E60CC

analogous

#CC633E #CCAA3E #A7CC3E

triadic

#CCAA3E #3ECCAA #AA3ECC

tetradic

#CCAA3E #3ECC63 #3E60CC #CC3EA7

square

#CCAA3E #3ECC63 #3E60CC #CC3EA7

split-complementary

#CCAA3E #3EA7CC #633ECC

monochromatic

#725E1E #A2852B #CCAA3E #D9BF6E #E6D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CCAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA3E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA3E	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc279',
    500: '#ccaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa3e;
$custom-light: #dfc279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74892,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA3E

secondary

#94A3D2

accent

#6CE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA3E

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

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