#CCAA40#CCAA40

#CCAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.128 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA40
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 1.01, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 57.07, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0021 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.128 91)
XYZ	xyz(40.2041, 41.9593, 10.8308)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA40 #4062CC

analogous

#CC6440 #CCAA40 #A8CC40

triadic

#CCAA40 #40CCAA #AA40CC

tetradic

#CCAA40 #40CC64 #4062CC #CC40A8

square

#CCAA40 #40CC64 #4062CC #CC40A8

split-complementary

#CCAA40 #40A8CC #6440CC

monochromatic

#735E1F #A3862C #CCAA40 #D9BF70 #E6D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CCAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA40

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA40	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)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.128 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc37a',
    500: '#ccaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa40;
$custom-light: #dfc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.41957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA40

secondary

#95A4D2

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA40

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

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