#CCAE4C#CCAE4C

#CCAE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.122 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE4C
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 62.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -0.39, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 53.01, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0047 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.122 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3443, 43.6335, 13.0805)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE4C #4C6ACC

analogous

#CC6E4C #CCAE4C #AACC4C

triadic

#CCAE4C #4CCCAE #AE4CCC

tetradic

#CCAE4C #4CCC6E #4C6ACC #CC4CAA

square

#CCAE4C #4CCC6E #4C6ACC #CC4CAA

split-complementary

#CCAE4C #4CAACC #6E4CCC

monochromatic

#7B6623 #AA8E31 #CCAE4C #DAC47C #E7D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CCAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE4C

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE4C	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.122 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc582',
    500: '#ccae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae4c;
$custom-light: #dfc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75842,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE4C

secondary

#9FACD5

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE4C

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

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