#CCAD48#CCAD48

#CCAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD48
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -0.12, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 54.49, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0044 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.124 92)
XYZ	xyz(41.0171, 43.1946, 12.3066)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD48 #4867CC

analogous

#CC6B48 #CCAD48 #A9CC48

triadic

#CCAD48 #48CCAD #AD48CC

tetradic

#CCAD48 #48CC6B #4867CC #CC48A9

square

#CCAD48 #48CC6B #4867CC #CC48A9

split-complementary

#CCAD48 #48A9CC #6B48CC

monochromatic

#786421 #A88C2F #CCAD48 #D9C278 #E7D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CCAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD48

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD48	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57f',
    500: '#ccad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad48;
$custom-light: #dfc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75597,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.43192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD48

secondary

#9CA9D4

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD48

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

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