#CCAE46#CCAE46

#CCAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE46
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 65.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -0.77, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 55.63, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0065 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.126 93)
XYZ	xyz(41.1454, 43.5539, 12.0327)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE46 #4664CC

analogous

#CC6B46 #CCAE46 #A7CC46

triadic

#CCAE46 #46CCAE #AE46CC

tetradic

#CCAE46 #46CC6B #4664CC #CC46A7

square

#CCAE46 #46CC6B #4664CC #CC46A7

split-complementary

#CCAE46 #46A7CC #6B46CC

monochromatic

#776421 #A78C2E #CCAE46 #D9C376 #E6D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CCAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE46

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE46	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)

#C0AB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57e',
    500: '#ccae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae46;
$custom-light: #dfc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75783,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.43552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE46

secondary

#9AA7D4

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE46

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

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