#CCAF37#CCAF37

#CCAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAF37
RGB	rgb(204, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -2.09, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 61.94, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.012 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.137 95)
XYZ	xyz(40.9235, 43.7754, 9.9077)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAF37 #3754CC

analogous

#CC6437 #CCAF37 #9ECC37

triadic

#CCAF37 #37CCAF #AF37CC

tetradic

#CCAF37 #37CC64 #3754CC #CC379E

square

#CCAF37 #37CC64 #3754CC #CC379E

split-complementary

#CCAF37 #379ECC #6437CC

monochromatic

#6D5D1C #9E8728 #CCAF37 #D8C368 #E5D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CCAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAF37

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAF37	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)

#C1AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c676',
    500: '#ccaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaf37;
$custom-light: #e0c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75865,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.43773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAF37

secondary

#8E9BD0

accent

#64E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAF37

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

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