#CCAD42#CCAD42

#CCAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.129 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD42
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -0.47, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 57.04, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0061 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.129 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8308, 43.1201, 11.3256)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD42 #4261CC

analogous

#CC6842 #CCAD42 #A6CC42

triadic

#CCAD42 #42CCAD #AD42CC

tetradic

#CCAD42 #42CC68 #4261CC #CC42A6

square

#CCAD42 #42CC68 #4261CC #CC42A6

split-complementary

#CCAD42 #42A6CC #6842CC

monochromatic

#74611F #A4892C #CCAD42 #D9C272 #E6D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CCAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD42

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD42	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.129 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57c',
    500: '#ccad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad42;
$custom-light: #dfc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75541,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD42

secondary

#97A4D3

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD42

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

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