#CCAE2D#CCAE2D

#CCAE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.142 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE2D
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -1.98, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 65.18, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0127 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.142 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5138, 43.3012, 8.7062)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE2D #2D4BCC

analogous

#CC5F2D #CCAE2D #9BCC2D

triadic

#CCAE2D #2DCCAE #AE2DCC

tetradic

#CCAE2D #2DCC5F #2D4BCC #CC2D9B

square

#CCAE2D #2DCC5F #2D4BCC #CC2D9B

split-complementary

#CCAE2D #2D9BCC #5F2DCC

monochromatic

#685817 #9A8322 #CCAE2D #DBC35B #E6D58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CCAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE2D

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE2D	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)

#C1AA0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.142 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c571',
    500: '#ccae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae2d;
$custom-light: #e0c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE2D

secondary

#8593D0

accent

#60E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE2D

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

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