#CCAA41#CCAA41

#CCAA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.128 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA41
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 1.06, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 56.66, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0018 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.128 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2328, 41.9708, 10.9821)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA41 #4163CC

analogous

#CC6541 #CCAA41 #A8CC41

triadic

#CCAA41 #41CCAA #AA41CC

tetradic

#CCAA41 #41CC65 #4163CC #CC41A8

square

#CCAA41 #41CC65 #4163CC #CC41A8

split-complementary

#CCAA41 #41A8CC #6541CC

monochromatic

#745F1F #A4872C #CCAA41 #D9C071 #E6D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CCAA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CCAA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA41

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA41	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)

#BCA834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.128 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc37b',
    500: '#ccaa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa41;
$custom-light: #dfc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA41

secondary

#96A5D3

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA41

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

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