#CCAE40#CCAE40

#CCAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE40
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -1.11, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 58.14, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0082 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.131 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9654, 43.4819, 11.0846)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE40 #405ECC

analogous

#CC6840 #CCAE40 #A4CC40

triadic

#CCAE40 #40CCAE #AE40CC

tetradic

#CCAE40 #40CC68 #405ECC #CC40A4

square

#CCAE40 #40CC68 #405ECC #CC40A4

split-complementary

#CCAE40 #40A4CC #6840CC

monochromatic

#73611F #A38A2C #CCAE40 #D9C270 #E6D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CCAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE40

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE40	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57b',
    500: '#ccae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae40;
$custom-light: #dfc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE40

secondary

#95A3D2

accent

#68E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE40

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

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