#CCAA42#CCAA42

#CCAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA42
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 1.12, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 56.24, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0016 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.127 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2620, 41.9825, 11.1360)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA42 #4264CC

analogous

#CC6542 #CCAA42 #A9CC42

triadic

#CCAA42 #42CCAA #AA42CC

tetradic

#CCAA42 #42CC65 #4264CC #CC42A9

square

#CCAA42 #42CC65 #4264CC #CC42A9

split-complementary

#CCAA42 #42A9CC #6542CC

monochromatic

#745F1F #A4872C #CCAA42 #D9C072 #E6D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CCAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CCAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA42

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA42	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc37b',
    500: '#ccaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa42;
$custom-light: #dfc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74927,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA42

secondary

#97A6D3

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA42

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

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