#CCAD43#CCAD43

#CCAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD43
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -0.42, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 56.62, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0059 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.128 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8606, 43.1320, 11.4822)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD43 #4362CC

analogous

#CC6843 #CCAD43 #A7CC43

triadic

#CCAD43 #43CCAD #AD43CC

tetradic

#CCAD43 #43CC68 #4362CC #CC43A7

square

#CCAD43 #43CC68 #4362CC #CC43A7

split-complementary

#CCAD43 #43A7CC #6843CC

monochromatic

#756220 #A58A2D #CCAD43 #D9C273 #E6D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CCAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD43

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD43	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57c',
    500: '#ccad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad43;
$custom-light: #dfc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7555,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD43

secondary

#98A5D3

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD43

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

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