#CCAD3E#CCAD3E

#CCAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD3E
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -0.69, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 58.68, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0072 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.131 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7170, 43.0746, 10.7261)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD3E #3E5DCC

analogous

#CC663E #CCAD3E #A4CC3E

triadic

#CCAD3E #3ECCAD #AD3ECC

tetradic

#CCAD3E #3ECC66 #3E5DCC #CC3EA4

square

#CCAD3E #3ECC66 #3E5DCC #CC3EA4

split-complementary

#CCAD3E #3EA4CC #663ECC

monochromatic

#725F1E #A2882B #CCAD3E #D9C26E #E6D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CCAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD3E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD3E	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc579',
    500: '#ccad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad3e;
$custom-light: #dfc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75507,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD3E

secondary

#94A1D2

accent

#68E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD3E

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

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