#CCAE47#CCAE47

#CCAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE47
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 65.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -0.71, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 55.20, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0062 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.126 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1772, 43.5666, 12.2003)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE47 #4765CC

analogous

#CC6C47 #CCAE47 #A8CC47

triadic

#CCAE47 #47CCAE #AE47CC

tetradic

#CCAE47 #47CC6C #4765CC #CC47A8

square

#CCAE47 #47CC6C #4765CC #CC47A8

split-complementary

#CCAE47 #47A8CC #6C47CC

monochromatic

#776421 #A78C2E #CCAE47 #D9C377 #E7D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CCAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE47

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE47	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)

#C0AB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57f',
    500: '#ccae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae47;
$custom-light: #dfc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75792,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE47

secondary

#9BA8D4

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE47

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

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