#CCAE4B#CCAE4B

#CCAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.122 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE4B
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 63.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -0.46, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 53.45, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.005 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.122 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3098, 43.6197, 12.8988)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE4B #4B69CC

analogous

#CC6E4B #CCAE4B #A9CC4B

triadic

#CCAE4B #4BCCAE #AE4BCC

tetradic

#CCAE4B #4BCC6E #4B69CC #CC4BA9

square

#CCAE4B #4BCC6E #4B69CC #CC4BA9

split-complementary

#CCAE4B #4BA9CC #6E4BCC

monochromatic

#7A6623 #AA8D30 #CCAE4B #DAC37B #E7D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CCAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE4B

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE4B	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)

#BFAB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.122 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc581',
    500: '#ccae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae4b;
$custom-light: #dfc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75832,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE4B

secondary

#9EABD5

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE4B

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

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