#CCAE51#CCAE51

#CCAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE51
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -0.05, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 50.76, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0031 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.117 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5250, 43.7057, 14.0318)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE51 #516FCC

analogous

#CC7051 #CCAE51 #ACCC51

triadic

#CCAE51 #51CCAE #AE51CC

tetradic

#CCAE51 #51CC70 #516FCC #CC51AC

square

#CCAE51 #51CC70 #516FCC #CC51AC

split-complementary

#CCAE51 #51ACCC #7051CC

monochromatic

#7E6825 #AD8F33 #CCAE51 #DAC480 #E8DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CCAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE51

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE51	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)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec585',
    500: '#ccae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae51;
$custom-light: #dec585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75896,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE51

secondary

#A3AFD6

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE51

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

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