#CCAA44#CCAA44

#CCAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.125 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA44
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 1.23, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 55.39, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.001 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.125 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3220, 42.0065, 11.4520)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA44 #4466CC

analogous

#CC6644 #CCAA44 #AACC44

triadic

#CCAA44 #44CCAA #AA44CC

tetradic

#CCAA44 #44CC66 #4466CC #CC44AA

square

#CCAA44 #44CC66 #4466CC #CC44AA

split-complementary

#CCAA44 #44AACC #6644CC

monochromatic

#766020 #A6882D #CCAA44 #D9C074 #E6D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CCAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CCAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA44

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA44	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)

#BCA838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.125 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc37d',
    500: '#ccaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa44;
$custom-light: #dfc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74945,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA44

secondary

#99A7D3

accent

#6EE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA44

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

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