#CCAD44#CCAD44

#CCAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD44
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -0.36, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 56.20, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0056 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.127 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8908, 43.1441, 11.6416)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD44 #4463CC

analogous

#CC6944 #CCAD44 #A7CC44

triadic

#CCAD44 #44CCAD #AD44CC

tetradic

#CCAD44 #44CC69 #4463CC #CC44A7

square

#CCAD44 #44CC69 #4463CC #CC44A7

split-complementary

#CCAD44 #44A7CC #6944CC

monochromatic

#766220 #A68A2D #CCAD44 #D9C274 #E6D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CCAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD44

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD44	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)

#BFAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57d',
    500: '#ccad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad44;
$custom-light: #dfc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD44

secondary

#99A6D3

accent

#6AE047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD44

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

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