#CCAD49#CCAD49

#CCAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD49
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -0.05, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 54.05, 90.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0041 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.123 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0500, 43.2078, 12.4798)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD49 #4968CC

analogous

#CC6C49 #CCAD49 #A9CC49

triadic

#CCAD49 #49CCAD #AD49CC

tetradic

#CCAD49 #49CC6C #4968CC #CC49A9

square

#CCAD49 #49CC6C #4968CC #CC49A9

split-complementary

#CCAD49 #49A9CC #6C49CC

monochromatic

#796422 #A98C2F #CCAD49 #D9C379 #E7D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CCAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD49

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD49	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)

#BFAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc580',
    500: '#ccad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad49;
$custom-light: #dfc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD49

secondary

#9DAAD4

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD49

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

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