#CCAE50#CCAE50

#CCAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE50
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -0.12, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 51.21, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0034 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.118 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4878, 43.6908, 13.8358)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE50 #506ECC

analogous

#CC7050 #CCAE50 #ACCC50

triadic

#CCAE50 #50CCAE #AE50CC

tetradic

#CCAE50 #50CC70 #506ECC #CC50AC

square

#CCAE50 #50CC70 #506ECC #CC50AC

split-complementary

#CCAE50 #50ACCC #7050CC

monochromatic

#7D6824 #AD8F32 #CCAE50 #DAC47F #E8DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CCAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE50

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE50	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc584',
    500: '#ccae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae50;
$custom-light: #dfc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75885,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE50

secondary

#A2AFD6

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE50

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

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