#CCAE42#CCAE42

#CCAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE42
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -1.00, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 57.32, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0077 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.129 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0233, 43.5051, 11.3897)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE42 #4260CC

analogous

#CC6942 #CCAE42 #A5CC42

triadic

#CCAE42 #42CCAE #AE42CC

tetradic

#CCAE42 #42CC69 #4260CC #CC42A5

square

#CCAE42 #42CC69 #4260CC #CC42A5

split-complementary

#CCAE42 #42A5CC #6942CC

monochromatic

#74621F #A48A2C #CCAE42 #D9C372 #E6D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CCAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE42

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE42	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57c',
    500: '#ccae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae42;
$custom-light: #dfc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75746,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE42

secondary

#97A4D3

accent

#68E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE42

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

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