#CCAE54#CCAE54

#CCAE54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE54
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 84)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 58.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 0.17, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 49.38, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0021 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.115 91)
XYZ	xyz(41.6400, 43.7517, 14.6374)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE54 #5472CC

analogous

#CC7254 #CCAE54 #AECC54

triadic

#CCAE54 #54CCAE #AE54CC

tetradic

#CCAE54 #54CC72 #5472CC #CC54AE

square

#CCAE54 #54CC72 #5472CC #CC54AE

split-complementary

#CCAE54 #54AECC #7254CC

monochromatic

#806926 #AF9034 #CCAE54 #DAC483 #E8DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CCAE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE54

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE54	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)

#BFAC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec587',
    500: '#ccae54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae54;
$custom-light: #dec587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7593,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.4375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE54

secondary

#A5B2D7

accent

#6FDD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE54

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

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