#CCAF42#CCAF42

#CCAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAF42
RGB	rgb(204, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -1.53, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 57.60, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0092 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.13 94)
XYZ	xyz(41.2172, 43.8929, 11.4544)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAF42 #425FCC

analogous

#CC6A42 #CCAF42 #A4CC42

triadic

#CCAF42 #42CCAF #AF42CC

tetradic

#CCAF42 #42CC6A #425FCC #CC42A4

square

#CCAF42 #42CC6A #425FCC #CC42A4

split-complementary

#CCAF42 #42A4CC #6A42CC

monochromatic

#74621F #A48B2C #CCAF42 #D9C372 #E6D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CCAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAF42

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAF42	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc67c',
    500: '#ccaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaf42;
$custom-light: #dfc67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75952,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.43891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAF42

secondary

#97A4D3

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAF42

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

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