#CCAD50#CCAD50

#CCAD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD50
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 0.41, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 50.92, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0019 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.118 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2953, 43.3059, 13.7716)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD50 #506FCC

analogous

#CC6F50 #CCAD50 #ADCC50

triadic

#CCAD50 #50CCAD #AD50CC

tetradic

#CCAD50 #50CC6F #506FCC #CC50AD

square

#CCAD50 #50CC6F #506FCC #CC50AD

split-complementary

#CCAD50 #50ADCC #6F50CC

monochromatic

#7D6724 #AD8E32 #CCAD50 #DAC37F #E8D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CCAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD50

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD50	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc584',
    500: '#ccad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad50;
$custom-light: #dfc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7568,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD50

secondary

#A2AFD6

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD50

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

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