#CCAA43#CCAA43

#CCAA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.126 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA43
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 1.18, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 55.82, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0013 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.126 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2918, 41.9944, 11.2926)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA43 #4365CC

analogous

#CC6543 #CCAA43 #AACC43

triadic

#CCAA43 #43CCAA #AA43CC

tetradic

#CCAA43 #43CC65 #4365CC #CC43AA

square

#CCAA43 #43CC65 #4365CC #CC43AA

split-complementary

#CCAA43 #43AACC #6543CC

monochromatic

#756020 #A5872D #CCAA43 #D9C073 #E6D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CCAA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CCAA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA43

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA43	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)

#BCA836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.126 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc37c',
    500: '#ccaa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa43;
$custom-light: #dfc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA43

secondary

#98A7D3

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA43

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →