#CCAD45#CCAD45

#CCAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.126 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD45
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -0.30, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 55.78, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0053 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.126 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9216, 43.1564, 11.8037)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD45 #4564CC

analogous

#CC6945 #CCAD45 #A7CC45

triadic

#CCAD45 #45CCAD #AD45CC

tetradic

#CCAD45 #45CC69 #4564CC #CC45A7

square

#CCAD45 #45CC69 #4564CC #CC45A7

split-complementary

#CCAD45 #45A7CC #6945CC

monochromatic

#766220 #A68B2E #CCAD45 #D9C275 #E6D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CCAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD45

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD45	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)

#BFAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57e',
    500: '#ccad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad45;
$custom-light: #dfc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75568,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD45

secondary

#99A7D3

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD45

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

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