#CCAE45#CCAE45

#CCAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE45
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -0.83, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 56.06, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0068 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.127 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1141, 43.5414, 11.8678)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE45 #4563CC

analogous

#CC6A45 #CCAE45 #A6CC45

triadic

#CCAE45 #45CCAE #AE45CC

tetradic

#CCAE45 #45CC6A #4563CC #CC45A6

square

#CCAE45 #45CC6A #4563CC #CC45A6

split-complementary

#CCAE45 #45A6CC #6A45CC

monochromatic

#766320 #A68B2E #CCAE45 #D9C375 #E6D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CCAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE45

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE45	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)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57e',
    500: '#ccae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae45;
$custom-light: #dfc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE45

secondary

#99A6D3

accent

#69E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE45

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

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