#CCAC35#CCAC35

#CCAC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.137 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAC35
RGB	rgb(204, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -0.60, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 61.89, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.008 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.137 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2992, 42.6018, 9.4678)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAC35 #3555CC

analogous

#CC6035 #CCAC35 #A0CC35

triadic

#CCAC35 #35CCAC #AC35CC

tetradic

#CCAC35 #35CC60 #3555CC #CC35A0

square

#CCAC35 #35CC60 #3555CC #CC35A0

split-complementary

#CCAC35 #35A0CC #6035CC

monochromatic

#6B5A1B #9C8427 #CCAC35 #D8C066 #E5D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CCAC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#CCAC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAC35

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAC35	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.137 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c474',
    500: '#ccac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccac35;
$custom-light: #e0c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75233,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAC35

secondary

#8D9BD0

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAC35

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

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