#CCAE37#CCAE37

#CCAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.137 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE37
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -1.56, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 61.67, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0105 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.137 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7296, 43.3876, 9.8430)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE37 #3755CC

analogous

#CC6337 #CCAE37 #A0CC37

triadic

#CCAE37 #37CCAE #AE37CC

tetradic

#CCAE37 #37CC63 #3755CC #CC37A0

square

#CCAE37 #37CC63 #3755CC #CC37A0

split-complementary

#CCAE37 #37A0CC #6337CC

monochromatic

#6D5D1C #9E8628 #CCAE37 #D8C268 #E5D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CCAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE37

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE37	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.137 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c576',
    500: '#ccae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae37;
$custom-light: #e0c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE37

secondary

#8E9CD0

accent

#65E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE37

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

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