#CCAE52#CCAE52

#CCAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE52
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 59.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 0.02, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 50.30, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0028 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.117 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5627, 43.7208, 14.2308)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE52 #5270CC

analogous

#CC7152 #CCAE52 #ADCC52

triadic

#CCAE52 #52CCAE #AE52CC

tetradic

#CCAE52 #52CC71 #5270CC #CC52AD

square

#CCAE52 #52CC71 #5270CC #CC52AD

split-complementary

#CCAE52 #52ADCC #7152CC

monochromatic

#7E6825 #AE9033 #CCAE52 #DAC481 #E8DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CCAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE52

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE52	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)

#BFAC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec586',
    500: '#ccae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae52;
$custom-light: #dec586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75907,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE52

secondary

#A4B0D6

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE52

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

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