#CCAD4E#CCAD4E

#CCAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD4E
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 0.27, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 51.83, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0025 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.119 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2225, 43.2768, 13.3882)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD4E #4E6DCC

analogous

#CC6E4E #CCAD4E #ACCC4E

triadic

#CCAD4E #4ECCAD #AD4ECC

tetradic

#CCAD4E #4ECC6E #4E6DCC #CC4EAC

square

#CCAD4E #4ECC6E #4E6DCC #CC4EAC

split-complementary

#CCAD4E #4EACCC #6E4ECC

monochromatic

#7C6624 #AB8D31 #CCAD4E #DAC37E #E7D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CCAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CCAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD4E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD4E	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc583',
    500: '#ccad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad4e;
$custom-light: #dfc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD4E

secondary

#A1AED5

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD4E

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

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