#CCAE53#CCAE53

#CCAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.116 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE53
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 0.09, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 49.84, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0024 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.116 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6011, 43.7362, 14.4326)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE53 #5371CC

analogous

#CC7253 #CCAE53 #AECC53

triadic

#CCAE53 #53CCAE #AE53CC

tetradic

#CCAE53 #53CC72 #5371CC #CC53AE

square

#CCAE53 #53CC72 #5371CC #CC53AE

split-complementary

#CCAE53 #53AECC #7253CC

monochromatic

#7F6926 #AE9034 #CCAE53 #DAC482 #E8DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CCAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE53

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE53	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.116 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec586',
    500: '#ccae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae53;
$custom-light: #dec586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75919,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE53

secondary

#A4B1D6

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE53

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

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