#CCAD2D#CCAD2D

#CCAD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.142 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD2D
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -1.45, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 64.92, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0112 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.142 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3213, 42.9163, 8.6420)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD2D #2D4CCC

analogous

#CC5E2D #CCAD2D #9CCC2D

triadic

#CCAD2D #2DCCAD #AD2DCC

tetradic

#CCAD2D #2DCC5E #2D4CCC #CC2D9C

square

#CCAD2D #2DCC5E #2D4CCC #CC2D9C

split-complementary

#CCAD2D #2D9CCC #5E2DCC

monochromatic

#685817 #9A8222 #CCAD2D #DBC25B #E6D58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CCAD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CCAD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD2D

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD2D	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c571',
    500: '#ccad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad2d;
$custom-light: #e0c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.302,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75387,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD2D

secondary

#8593D0

accent

#61E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD2D

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

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