#CCAF38#CCAF38

#CCAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAF38
RGB	rgb(204, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -2.04, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 61.56, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0118 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.137 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9478, 43.7851, 10.0352)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAF38 #3855CC

analogous

#CC6538 #CCAF38 #9FCC38

triadic

#CCAF38 #38CCAF #AF38CC

tetradic

#CCAF38 #38CC65 #3855CC #CC389F

square

#CCAF38 #38CC65 #3855CC #CC389F

split-complementary

#CCAF38 #389FCC #6538CC

monochromatic

#6E5E1C #9E8729 #CCAF38 #D8C369 #E5D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CCAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAF38

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAF38	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c676',
    500: '#ccaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaf38;
$custom-light: #e0c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75872,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAF38

secondary

#8F9CD1

accent

#64E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAF38

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

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