#CCAE44#CCAE44

#CCAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.128 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE44
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -0.89, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 56.48, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0071 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.128 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0833, 43.5291, 11.7057)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE44 #4462CC

analogous

#CC6A44 #CCAE44 #A6CC44

triadic

#CCAE44 #44CCAE #AE44CC

tetradic

#CCAE44 #44CC6A #4462CC #CC44A6

square

#CCAE44 #44CC6A #4462CC #CC44A6

split-complementary

#CCAE44 #44A6CC #6A44CC

monochromatic

#766320 #A68B2D #CCAE44 #D9C374 #E6D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CCAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE44

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE44	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.128 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57d',
    500: '#ccae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae44;
$custom-light: #dfc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE44

secondary

#99A6D3

accent

#69E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE44

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

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