#CCAD39#CCAD39

#CCAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD39
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -0.94, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 60.65, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0085 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.135 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5861, 43.0222, 10.0365)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD39 #3958CC

analogous

#CC6339 #CCAD39 #A1CC39

triadic

#CCAD39 #39CCAD #AD39CC

tetradic

#CCAD39 #39CC63 #3958CC #CC39A1

square

#CCAD39 #39CC63 #3958CC #CC39A1

split-complementary

#CCAD39 #39A1CC #6339CC

monochromatic

#6E5D1C #9F8629 #CCAD39 #D9C16A #E5D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CCAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#CCAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD39

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD39	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)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c577',
    500: '#ccad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad39;
$custom-light: #e0c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75467,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD39

secondary

#909ED1

accent

#67E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD39

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

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