#CCAD41#CCAD41

#CCAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.129 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD41
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -0.53, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 57.46, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0064 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.129 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8016, 43.1084, 11.1717)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD41 #4160CC

analogous

#CC6841 #CCAD41 #A5CC41

triadic

#CCAD41 #41CCAD #AD41CC

tetradic

#CCAD41 #41CC68 #4160CC #CC41A5

square

#CCAD41 #41CC68 #4160CC #CC41A5

split-complementary

#CCAD41 #41A5CC #6841CC

monochromatic

#74611F #A4892C #CCAD41 #D9C271 #E6D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CCAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD41

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD41	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.129 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57b',
    500: '#ccad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad41;
$custom-light: #dfc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75532,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD41

secondary

#96A4D3

accent

#69E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD41

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

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