#CCAD46#CCAD46

#CCAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.126 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD46
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 65.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -0.24, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 55.35, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.005 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.126 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9529, 43.1690, 11.9685)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD46 #4665CC

analogous

#CC6A46 #CCAD46 #A8CC46

triadic

#CCAD46 #46CCAD #AD46CC

tetradic

#CCAD46 #46CC6A #4665CC #CC46A8

square

#CCAD46 #46CC6A #4665CC #CC46A8

split-complementary

#CCAD46 #46A8CC #6A46CC

monochromatic

#776321 #A78B2E #CCAD46 #D9C276 #E6D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CCAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD46

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD46	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)

#BFAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57e',
    500: '#ccad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad46;
$custom-light: #dfc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75577,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD46

secondary

#9AA8D4

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD46

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

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