#CCAE4E#CCAE4E

#CCAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.120 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE4E
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -0.26, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 52.12, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0041 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.12 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4150, 43.6617, 13.4524)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE4E #4E6CCC

analogous

#CC6F4E #CCAE4E #ABCC4E

triadic

#CCAE4E #4ECCAE #AE4ECC

tetradic

#CCAE4E #4ECC6F #4E6CCC #CC4EAB

square

#CCAE4E #4ECC6F #4E6CCC #CC4EAB

split-complementary

#CCAE4E #4EABCC #6F4ECC

monochromatic

#7C6724 #AB8E31 #CCAE4E #DAC47E #E7D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CCAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE4E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE4E	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)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.120 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc583',
    500: '#ccae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae4e;
$custom-light: #dfc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75863,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE4E

secondary

#A1ADD5

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE4E

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

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