#CCAE48#CCAE48

#CCAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE48
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -0.65, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 54.77, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0059 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.125 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2096, 43.5796, 12.3707)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE48 #4866CC

analogous

#CC6C48 #CCAE48 #A8CC48

triadic

#CCAE48 #48CCAE #AE48CC

tetradic

#CCAE48 #48CC6C #4866CC #CC48A8

square

#CCAE48 #48CC6C #4866CC #CC48A8

split-complementary

#CCAE48 #48A8CC #6C48CC

monochromatic

#786421 #A88C2F #CCAE48 #D9C378 #E7D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CCAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE48

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE48	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc57f',
    500: '#ccae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae48;
$custom-light: #dfc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE48

secondary

#9CA9D4

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE48

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

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