#CCAC42#CCAC42

#CCAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAC42
RGB	rgb(204, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 0.06, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 56.77, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0046 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.128 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6398, 42.7381, 11.2619)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAC42 #4262CC

analogous

#CC6742 #CCAC42 #A7CC42

triadic

#CCAC42 #42CCAC #AC42CC

tetradic

#CCAC42 #42CC67 #4262CC #CC42A7

square

#CCAC42 #42CC67 #4262CC #CC42A7

split-complementary

#CCAC42 #42A7CC #6742CC

monochromatic

#74611F #A4892C #CCAC42 #D9C172 #E6D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CCAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CCAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAC42

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAC42	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc47c',
    500: '#ccac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccac42;
$custom-light: #dfc47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75336,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAC42

secondary

#97A5D3

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAC42

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

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