#CCAE3A#CCAE3A

#CCAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE3A
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -1.42, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 60.53, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0098 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.135 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8037, 43.4172, 10.2333)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE3A #3A58CC

analogous

#CC653A #CCAE3A #A1CC3A

triadic

#CCAE3A #3ACCAE #AE3ACC

tetradic

#CCAE3A #3ACC65 #3A58CC #CC3AA1

square

#CCAE3A #3ACC65 #3A58CC #CC3AA1

split-complementary

#CCAE3A #3AA1CC #653ACC

monochromatic

#6F5E1D #A08729 #CCAE3A #D9C26B #E5D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CCAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE3A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE3A	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)

#C0AB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc577',
    500: '#ccae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae3a;
$custom-light: #dfc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7568,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE3A

secondary

#919ED1

accent

#66E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE3A

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

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