#CCAF40#CCAF40

#CCAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.131 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAF40
RGB	rgb(204, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -1.64, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 58.42, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0097 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.131 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1593, 43.8697, 11.1492)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAF40 #405DCC

analogous

#CC6940 #CCAF40 #A3CC40

triadic

#CCAF40 #40CCAF #AF40CC

tetradic

#CCAF40 #40CC69 #405DCC #CC40A3

square

#CCAF40 #40CC69 #405DCC #CC40A3

split-complementary

#CCAF40 #40A3CC #6940CC

monochromatic

#73611F #A38A2C #CCAF40 #D9C370 #E6D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CCAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAF40

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAF40	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.131 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc67b',
    500: '#ccaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaf40;
$custom-light: #dfc67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75935,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAF40

secondary

#95A2D2

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAF40

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

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