#CCAB42#CCAB42

#CCAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAB42
RGB	rgb(204, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 0.59, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 56.50, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0031 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.127 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4502, 42.3589, 11.1987)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAB42 #4263CC

analogous

#CC6642 #CCAB42 #A8CC42

triadic

#CCAB42 #42CCAB #AB42CC

tetradic

#CCAB42 #42CC66 #4263CC #CC42A8

square

#CCAB42 #42CC66 #4263CC #CC42A8

split-complementary

#CCAB42 #42A8CC #6642CC

monochromatic

#74601F #A4882C #CCAB42 #D9C072 #E6D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CCAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CCAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAB42

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAB42	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc37c',
    500: '#ccab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccab42;
$custom-light: #dfc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAB42

secondary

#97A5D3

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAB42

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

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