#CCAE3E#CCAE3E

#CCAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE3E
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -1.22, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 58.95, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0088 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.132 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9095, 43.4595, 10.7902)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE3E #3E5CCC

analogous

#CC673E #CCAE3E #A3CC3E

triadic

#CCAE3E #3ECCAE #AE3ECC

tetradic

#CCAE3E #3ECC67 #3E5CCC #CC3EA3

square

#CCAE3E #3ECC67 #3E5CCC #CC3EA3

split-complementary

#CCAE3E #3EA3CC #673ECC

monochromatic

#72601E #A2892B #CCAE3E #D9C26E #E6D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CCAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE3E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE3E	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)

#C0AB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57a',
    500: '#ccae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae3e;
$custom-light: #dfc57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75712,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE3E

secondary

#94A1D2

accent

#67E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE3E

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

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