#CCAD3A#CCAD3A

#CCAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD3A
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -0.89, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 60.26, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0083 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.134 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6113, 43.0323, 10.1692)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD3A #3A59CC

analogous

#CC643A #CCAD3A #A2CC3A

triadic

#CCAD3A #3ACCAD #AD3ACC

tetradic

#CCAD3A #3ACC64 #3A59CC #CC3AA2

square

#CCAD3A #3ACC64 #3A59CC #CC3AA2

split-complementary

#CCAD3A #3AA2CC #643ACC

monochromatic

#6F5D1D #A08629 #CCAD3A #D9C16B #E5D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CCAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CCAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD3A

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD3A	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc577',
    500: '#ccad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad3a;
$custom-light: #dfc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75475,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD3A

secondary

#919ED1

accent

#67E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD3A

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

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