#CCAD40#CCAD40

#CCAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD40
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -0.58, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 57.87, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0067 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.13 93)
XYZ	xyz(40.7729, 43.0970, 11.0204)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD40 #405FCC

analogous

#CC6740 #CCAD40 #A5CC40

triadic

#CCAD40 #40CCAD #AD40CC

tetradic

#CCAD40 #40CC67 #405FCC #CC40A5

square

#CCAD40 #40CC67 #405FCC #CC40A5

split-complementary

#CCAD40 #40A5CC #6740CC

monochromatic

#73601F #A3892C #CCAD40 #D9C270 #E6D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CCAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD40

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD40	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57b',
    500: '#ccad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad40;
$custom-light: #dfc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75523,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.43095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD40

secondary

#95A3D2

accent

#69E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD40

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

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