#CCAD37#CCAD37

#CCAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.136 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD37
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -1.04, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 61.40, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.009 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.136 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5372, 43.0027, 9.7789)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD37 #3756CC

analogous

#CC6237 #CCAD37 #A0CC37

triadic

#CCAD37 #37CCAD #AD37CC

tetradic

#CCAD37 #37CC62 #3756CC #CC37A0

square

#CCAD37 #37CC62 #3756CC #CC37A0

split-complementary

#CCAD37 #37A0CC #6237CC

monochromatic

#6D5C1C #9E8528 #CCAD37 #D8C168 #E5D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CCAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CCAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD37

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD37	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.136 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c576',
    500: '#ccad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad37;
$custom-light: #e0c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75452,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD37

secondary

#8E9CD0

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD37

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

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