#CCAE41#CCAE41

#CCAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.130 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE41
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -1.06, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 57.73, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0079 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.13 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9941, 43.4934, 11.2358)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE41 #415FCC

analogous

#CC6841 #CCAE41 #A5CC41

triadic

#CCAE41 #41CCAE #AE41CC

tetradic

#CCAE41 #41CC68 #415FCC #CC41A5

square

#CCAE41 #41CC68 #415FCC #CC41A5

split-complementary

#CCAE41 #41A5CC #6841CC

monochromatic

#74611F #A48A2C #CCAE41 #D9C371 #E6D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CCAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CCAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE41

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE41	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.130 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57b',
    500: '#ccae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae41;
$custom-light: #dfc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75737,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE41

secondary

#96A3D3

accent

#68E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE41

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

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