#CCAF57#CCAF57

#CCAF57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAF57
RGB	rgb(204, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -0.14, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 48.28, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0026 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.113 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9539, 44.1875, 15.3342)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAF57 #5774CC

analogous

#CC7457 #CCAF57 #AFCC57

triadic

#CCAF57 #57CCAF #AF57CC

tetradic

#CCAF57 #57CC74 #5774CC #CC57AF

square

#CCAF57 #57CC74 #5774CC #CC57AF

split-complementary

#CCAF57 #57AFCC #7457CC

monochromatic

#816B27 #B09236 #CCAF57 #DAC586 #E9DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CCAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#CCAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAF57

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAF57	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec689',
    500: '#ccaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaf57;
$custom-light: #dec689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76171,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAF57

secondary

#A8B3D7

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAF57

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

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