#CCAE3C#CCAE3C

#CCAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.133 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE3C
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -1.32, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 59.75, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0093 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.133 94)
XYZ	xyz(40.8556, 43.4380, 10.5065)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE3C #3C5ACC

analogous

#CC663C #CCAE3C #A2CC3C

triadic

#CCAE3C #3CCCAE #AE3CCC

tetradic

#CCAE3C #3CCC66 #3C5ACC #CC3CA2

square

#CCAE3C #3CCC66 #3C5ACC #CC3CA2

split-complementary

#CCAE3C #3CA2CC #663CCC

monochromatic

#705F1D #A1882A #CCAE3C #D9C26D #E5D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CCAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE3C

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE3C	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.133 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc578',
    500: '#ccae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae3c;
$custom-light: #dfc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75696,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.43436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE3C

secondary

#929FD1

accent

#66E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE3C

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

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