#CCAE43#CCAE43

#CCAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE43
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -0.94, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 56.90, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0074 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.129 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0531, 43.5170, 11.5464)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE43 #4361CC

analogous

#CC6943 #CCAE43 #A6CC43

triadic

#CCAE43 #43CCAE #AE43CC

tetradic

#CCAE43 #43CC69 #4361CC #CC43A6

square

#CCAE43 #43CC69 #4361CC #CC43A6

split-complementary

#CCAE43 #43A6CC #6943CC

monochromatic

#756220 #A58B2D #CCAE43 #D9C373 #E6D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CCAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE43

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE43	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)

#C0AB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57c',
    500: '#ccae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae43;
$custom-light: #dfc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75755,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE43

secondary

#98A5D3

accent

#69E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE43

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

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