#CCAE49#CCAE49

#CCAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE49
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -0.58, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 54.33, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0056 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.124 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2425, 43.5927, 12.5439)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE49 #4967CC

analogous

#CC6D49 #CCAE49 #A8CC49

triadic

#CCAE49 #49CCAE #AE49CC

tetradic

#CCAE49 #49CC6D #4967CC #CC49A8

square

#CCAE49 #49CC6D #4967CC #CC49A8

split-complementary

#CCAE49 #49A8CC #6D49CC

monochromatic

#796522 #A98D2F #CCAE49 #D9C379 #E7D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CCAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE49

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE49	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)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc580',
    500: '#ccae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae49;
$custom-light: #dfc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75812,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE49

secondary

#9DA9D4

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE49

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

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