#CCAE4A#CCAE4A

#CCAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.123 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE4A
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 63.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -0.52, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 53.90, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0053 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.123 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2759, 43.6061, 12.7200)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE4A #4A68CC

analogous

#CC6D4A #CCAE4A #A9CC4A

triadic

#CCAE4A #4ACCAE #AE4ACC

tetradic

#CCAE4A #4ACC6D #4A68CC #CC4AA9

square

#CCAE4A #4ACC6D #4A68CC #CC4AA9

split-complementary

#CCAE4A #4AA9CC #6D4ACC

monochromatic

#796522 #A98D30 #CCAE4A #D9C37A #E7D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CCAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE4A

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE4A	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)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.123 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc581',
    500: '#ccae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae4a;
$custom-light: #dfc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75822,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE4A

secondary

#9DAAD4

accent

#6BDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE4A

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

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