#CCAE38#CCAE38

#CCAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE38
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -1.52, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 61.29, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0103 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.136 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7538, 43.3973, 9.9705)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE38 #3856CC

analogous

#CC6438 #CCAE38 #A0CC38

triadic

#CCAE38 #38CCAE #AE38CC

tetradic

#CCAE38 #38CC64 #3856CC #CC38A0

square

#CCAE38 #38CC64 #3856CC #CC38A0

split-complementary

#CCAE38 #38A0CC #6438CC

monochromatic

#6E5D1C #9E8629 #CCAE38 #D8C269 #E5D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CCAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE38

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE38	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)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c576',
    500: '#ccae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae38;
$custom-light: #e0c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75666,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE38

secondary

#8F9CD1

accent

#65E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE38

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

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