#CCAC40#CCAC40

#CCAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAC40
RGB	rgb(204, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -0.05, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 57.60, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0052 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.129 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5819, 42.7149, 10.9568)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAC40 #4060CC

analogous

#CC6640 #CCAC40 #A6CC40

triadic

#CCAC40 #40CCAC #AC40CC

tetradic

#CCAC40 #40CC66 #4060CC #CC40A6

square

#CCAC40 #40CC66 #4060CC #CC40A6

split-complementary

#CCAC40 #40A6CC #6640CC

monochromatic

#73601F #A3882C #CCAC40 #D9C170 #E6D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CCAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#CCAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAC40

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAC40	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc47a',
    500: '#ccac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccac40;
$custom-light: #dfc47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75318,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAC40

secondary

#95A3D2

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAC40

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

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