#CCAE4F#CCAE4F

#CCAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE4F
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 61.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -0.19, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 51.67, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0037 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.119 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4511, 43.6762, 13.6426)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE4F #4F6DCC

analogous

#CC6F4F #CCAE4F #ABCC4F

triadic

#CCAE4F #4FCCAE #AE4FCC

tetradic

#CCAE4F #4FCC6F #4F6DCC #CC4FAB

square

#CCAE4F #4FCC6F #4F6DCC #CC4FAB

split-complementary

#CCAE4F #4FABCC #6F4FCC

monochromatic

#7D6724 #AC8F32 #CCAE4F #DAC47E #E7DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CCAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE4F

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE4F	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)

#BFAB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc584',
    500: '#ccae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae4f;
$custom-light: #dfc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75874,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE4F

secondary

#A1AED5

accent

#6DDE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE4F

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

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