#CCAC37#CCAC37

#CCAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAC37
RGB	rgb(204, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -0.51, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 61.14, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0075 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.135 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3461, 42.6206, 9.7152)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAC37 #3757CC

analogous

#CC6137 #CCAC37 #A1CC37

triadic

#CCAC37 #37CCAC #AC37CC

tetradic

#CCAC37 #37CC61 #3757CC #CC37A1

square

#CCAC37 #37CC61 #3757CC #CC37A1

split-complementary

#CCAC37 #37A1CC #6137CC

monochromatic

#6D5B1C #9E8428 #CCAC37 #D8C068 #E5D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CCAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#CCAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAC37

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAC37	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)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c475',
    500: '#ccac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccac37;
$custom-light: #e0c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75247,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAC37

secondary

#8E9DD0

accent

#67E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAC37

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

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