#CCAE3D#CCAE3D

#CCAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.133 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE3D
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -1.27, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 59.35, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.009 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.133 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8823, 43.4487, 10.6470)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE3D #3D5BCC

analogous

#CC673D #CCAE3D #A2CC3D

triadic

#CCAE3D #3DCCAE #AE3DCC

tetradic

#CCAE3D #3DCC67 #3D5BCC #CC3DA2

square

#CCAE3D #3DCC67 #3D5BCC #CC3DA2

split-complementary

#CCAE3D #3DA2CC #673DCC

monochromatic

#715F1E #A1882A #CCAE3D #D9C26D #E5D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CCAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE3D

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE3D	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)

#C0AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.133 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc579',
    500: '#ccae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae3d;
$custom-light: #dfc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75704,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE3D

secondary

#93A0D2

accent

#67E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE3D

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

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